pt. of come
Came is the lead holding pieces of stained glass together.
- The definition of a came is a piece of lead that holds together glass panes.
An example of a came is a lead piece keeping a stained-glass window together.
- Came is defined as to have moved closer or to have arrived.
An example of came is to have arrived at the house yesterday.
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came
a lead strip used to fasten together panes of glass, as in stained-glass windows
Origin of came
from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Middle Dutch kaam, literally , combWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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came
noun
A slender grooved lead bar used to hold together the panes in stained glass or latticework windows.
Origin of came
Possibly dialectal kame ridge ; see kame .verb
Past tense of come
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Preposition
- Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation
Noun
(plural cames)
- A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.
Origin
See also: caméCompare Scots came (“comb”), caim (“comb”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).
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Sentence Examples
- Many years before you came here this Land was united under one Ruler, as it is now, and the Ruler's name was always 'Oz,' which means in our language 'Great and Good'; or, if the Ruler happened to be a woman, her name was always 'Ozma.'
- Seven o'clock came and went without Alex.
- The princess came in.
- Morning came and still they sought.
- He came very quietly and secretly, to escape the soldiers.
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