Bought meaning

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Simple past tense and past participle of buy.

She bought an expensive bag last week.

People have bought gas masks.

Our products can be bought at your local store.

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The definition of bought means purchased.

An example of bought is a purchased coat.

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(obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
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(obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
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(obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
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(obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.
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(obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
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Origin of bought

From Middle English bought, bowght, bouȝt, *buȝt, probably an alteration of Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (“bend, bight”) after Middle English bowen, buwen, buȝen (“to bow, bend”). Cognate with Scots boucht, bucht, bout (“bend”). More at bight.

Sentence Examples

  • He bought a ton of stuff.

  • Who bought the orange juice with fur in it?

  • Grasso bought a dark blue van on the Internet and the guy delivered it here.

  • Deidre bought the lights she'd wanted for years.

  • They looked too clean to be real, like props bought from a Halloween store.

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