Bought

Word BOUGHT
Character 6
Hyphenation bought
Pronunciations /bɔːt/

Definitions and meanings of "Bought"

What do we mean by bought?

Same as bught. noun

A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle. noun

A bend or curve in a coast-line. See bight. noun

A bend, flexure, turn, loop, coil, or knot, as in a rope or chain, or in a serpent; a fold in cloth. See bout. noun

Preterit and past participle of buy.

To bend; fold; wind.

Imp. & p. p. of buy.

Purchased; bribed. adjective

A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent. noun

The part of a sling that contains the stone. noun

A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle. noun

A bend or hollow in a human or animal body. noun

A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature. noun

The part of a sling that contains the stone. noun

A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc. noun

Simple past tense and past participle of buy. verb

To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods

To obtain by some sacrifice.

To bribe.

To be equivalent to in value.

To accept as true; to believe

To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)

To make a bluff, usually a large one.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bought

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The word "bought" in example sentences

Fred -- dear Fred -- who has been true and faithful to the last -- reminded me that I had previously been bought with the blood of Jesus -- that I have been _twice bought_! ❋ Unknown (1859)

I do not know how it is with you, gentlemen; but I will own, that to me, ducks and geese got in this innocent, game-like way, taste sweeter than when they are bought in the market-hall: our own supper for to-night was a _bought_ supper, but it has become the victim of a little enlargement of the practice I have mentioned. " ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

Yesterday I wrote an entry about the mysterious piece of equipment Todd Lappin bought from a Navy surplus sale. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Grammar he saw no use for, and did not bother himself with it; but, curiously enough, he was delighted with geography and toward the end of the term bought a copy of Cornell's text-book, which was then used in ❋ Unknown (1887)

The one my brother bought is a great gun, and i think if i had to do it again i would have passed on the savage for the Tikka. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He might have made his favourite niece Queen of England; but his Italian caution restrained him, and the beautiful Hortense has to put up with a new-made duke -- a title bought with her uncle's money -- to whom the Cardinal affianced her on his death-bed. ❋ Unknown (1875)

Neapolitan army, had married at an advanced age a beautiful, accomplished and rich heiress, the daughter of some contractor; it was "a mariage de convenance," a title bought by wealth and beauty. ❋ Dr. Henri Blanc (1871)

One of a bunch I had bought from the kid down the street. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Franklin bought rights to the ARB-certified Healy EVR. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

An ignorant client doesn't know that the service they bought is doing nothing of any real value, and can be easily told that the service * I'm* offering is essentially the same thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you bought from a dealer and they were ordering you plates, go back to the dealer and tell them the plates are delayed and you need another temporary tag. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oh, well ... these are the things that I bought from the shop ... ❋ Jerine (2009)

Mr. Wasserstein bought the 11th floor apartment in 2001, for $15 million, from Richard Gilder, an investment banker, according to an account at the time in the New York Observer. ❋ Josh Barbanel (2010)

Wow your bread looks like it's bought from a bakery! ❋ Unknown (2009)

His book, which I bought, is a litany of potential disaster scenarios, from peat bogs dissolving and releasing massive amounts of methane to ice sheets quickly breaking loose into the ocean. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These people are donating money to a pipe dream, this woman Palin, is nothing but a name, McCain bought her name to thr forefront, other than that she's nothing but a quitter, and she lied,, she said that she was leaving the Governor's office to devote more time to family .. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The deal with Miramax fell apart before the end of the year — and before Weinstein bought Duffy the bar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After a bidding war, Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein bought the Boondock script in early 1997. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You didn't say whether this was bought from a dealer or an individual, or what happened with the plates that should have been on the car in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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