Word Finder - used

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To utilize or employ.

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To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)

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soldiers who are used to hardships and danger

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(except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)

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I used to get things done.

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To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

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to use an animal cruelly

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To behave, act, comport oneself.

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That is or has or have been used.

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The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.

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That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

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He bought a used car.

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Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.

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I got used to this weather.

He used to be a pretty good mechanic.

He is selling a used vehicle that is five years old.

I used to trust Dad.

I'll just have to get used to being idle.

We are so used to being with the big boys.

We used to be so close.

Frank is a very nervous dog who isn't used to being left alone.

Used motorcycles and scooters are on sale.

There used to be houses around here long time ago.

I used to play the lottery too.

You can buy used Caravans.

When I was a very little child I used to sit in my mother's lap all the time, because I was very timid, and did not like to be left by myself.

He used to pay $10; now he pays one dollar.

My parents used to listen to those old songs.

Carmen wiped Destiny's face and eyes with the cool rag and used a tissue to wipe her nose.

Volunteers and militia were used to being called out to stop violence.

The property used to be run commercially as an equestrian center, but is not used as a private property.

All council officers carry identification cards and are quite used to being challenged.

He rang the little bell which was used to call the page, but no page answered.

Extra stuff that is used does not do any harm.

She used a few combs to pull hers into a French bun.

He probably didn't realize she wasn't used to riding.

First, we are becoming usedto being watched.

Probably not or he would have used it.

Used laptops are still useful.

Hey, who's there? he called out in a tone only used by persons who are certain that those they call will rush to obey the summons.

It is a custom in the South to build a small house near the homestead as an annex to be used on occasion.

She knew for certain that she was pretty, but this no longer gave her satisfaction as it used to.

The clerk several times used the word "plenary" (of the service), a word Petya did not understand.

He had used her and she had been fool enough to think he was actually interested in her.

My grandmother used to say, "There is many a slip between cup and lip."

I remember how unbearable I used to find the inquisitiveness of my friends' children; but I know now that these questions indicate the child's growing interest in the cause of things.

Mom used to say that children and dogs weren't fooled by people.

For all you gadabouts and tourists used to driving hither and yon, a weekend trip to New England is a piece of cake.

It was where the barber shop used to be located.

I used them a lot over the years, not always to the FBI liking which didn't help my career but I found they often work.

I'm not used to cold weather.

Get used to it.

People used to sweep the streets at night until a machine replaced them.

She remembers all that I told her about it, and in telling her mother REPEATED THE VERY WORDS AND PHRASES I HAD USED IN DESCRIBING IT TO HER.

I hadn't used this expression.

He liked to hear the folk tales one of the soldiers used to tell of an evening (they were always the same), but most of all he liked to hear stories of real life.

I always wondered if that was why Mom and Dad split up for a while - because Mom was used to a different lifestyle and social circle.

You haven't used it once.

Hard green wood just cut, though I used but little of that, answered my purpose better than any other.

When I was quite little that used to be so with me.

He had grown, become rosier, had curly dark hair, and, when merry and laughing, quite unconsciously lifted the upper lip of his pretty little mouth just as the little princess used to do.

I am used to something sweet.

I'm not used to dealing with humans.

As a stranger to human affection, he'd never quite gotten used to her hugs.