used
Pronunciation:
/juːzd/verb
Definitions
To utilize or employ.
To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
Example: soldiers who are used to hardships and danger
(except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
Example: I used to get things done.
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
Example: to use an animal cruelly
adjective
Definitions
That is or has or have been used.
Example: The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
Example: He bought a used car.
Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
Example: I got used to this weather.