bought

[Bought]

When you buy something, you pay money in order to own or obtain it. You might buy your mom a big bouquet of flowers for her birthday.

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


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

n.
The part of a sling that contains the stone.


imp. & p. p. of Buy.

p. a.
Purchased; bribed.

imp. & p. p.
of Buy


Bought

Bought , n. [Cf. Dan. bugt bend, turning, Icel. buga. Cf. Bight, Bout, and see Bow to bend.] 1. A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent. [Obs.] Spenser.
The boughts of the fore legs.
2. The part of a sling that contains the stone. [Obs.]

Bought

Bought , imp. & p. p. of Buy.

Bought

Bought, p. a. Purchased; bribed.

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

imp. & p. p. of Buy.

Purchased; bribed.

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Usage Examples

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

I am a big popcorn fanatic. I love popcorn. In fact one year for my birthday, my husband bought me one of those big popcorn machines like they have in movie theaters.

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

But I also like to shower my parents with presents. I bought them a beautiful car and a house.

From 1997 when we came in, you guys and the public bought seven million more cars. You didn't get rid of the second car, did you? So what is happening is the growth of cars on the motorway.

I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug headphones into it, but it's acoustic, or semi-acoustic.

I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister.

But thankfully, my first album, 'Wide Screen,' was sort of a critics' darling - everyone raved about it, but no one bought it. They only manufactured 10,000 copies I wasn't even in the running for failure!

He makes me laugh, Mick! He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all. He bought an Enigma machine! I've never worked with a producer who was more famous than everyone put together.

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Other Usage Examples

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history.

About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good.

Ever since I was a little kid, I've felt comfortable in a suit. It all started when my mom bought me a three-piece Pierre Cardin suit. I wore that thing everywhere. Eventually I realized I was going to be the kid who got beat up in school, but I kept wearing it.

Country was about character. Country's changed because of monsters like Clear Channel who bought up all the stations and sliced them up into formats. Our demographic is now the soccer mom.

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.

Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.

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