different between used vs faded
used
English
Etymology
From Middle English used, equivalent to use +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ju?zd/
- (past of use): enPR: yo?ozd, IPA(key): /ju?zd/
- (auxiliary verb): IPA(key): /ju?zd/, /ju?st/
- Rhymes: -u?st
Verb
used
- simple past tense and past participle of use
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75
- In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
- You used me!
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75
- (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]
- He used to live here, but moved away last year.
Adjective
used (comparative more used, superlative most used)
- That is or has or have been used.
- That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
- Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
- Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street and now you're gonna have to get used to it.
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Synonyms
- (having been used):
- (previously owned by someone else): pre-owned, second-hand
Antonyms
- (having been used): unused
- (previously owned by someone else): new
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- usedness
Translations
See also
- used to
Anagrams
- Dues, desu, dues, duse, sued
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- what used to be
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faded
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fe?d?d/
Verb
faded
- simple past tense and past participle of fade
Adjective
faded (comparative more faded, superlative most faded)
- (sometimes figuratively) That has lost some of its former colour or intensity.
- a faded tablecloth
- a faded rock star of the 1970s
- (US, slang) high on drugs; stoned
Derived terms
- fadedly
- fadedness
Translations
faded From the web:
- what faded means
- what faded black clothes
- what's faded song about
- fade acne scars
- fade scars
- what faded means in tagalog
- what faded chrome mean
- what faded means in urdu
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