Meaning

1 senses
  1. A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.

Examples

9392 sentences
  1. A strange feeling came over me.

    Мною опанувало дивне відчуття. — aandrusiak

    ruМеня охватило странное чувство. — bijin

    deEin eigenartiges Gefühl übermannte mich. — kroko

  2. The dog came running to her.

    Собака підбіг до неї. — uaspeaker

    ruСобака подбежала к ней. — Hellerick

  3. A stranger came into the building.

    До будівлі зайшов незнайомець. — deniko

    ruВ здание вошел незнакомец. — sharptoothed

    deEin Fremder betrat das Gebäude. — MUIRIEL

  4. I came to Japan last year.

    Я приїхав до Японії минулого року. — deniko

    ruЯ приехал в Японию в прошлом году. — Hellerick

    deIch kam vergangenes Jahr nach Japan. — Espi

  5. One of my teeth came out.

    У мене випав зуб. — uaspeaker

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Attested from the 17th century, of unknown origin. Possibly from kame (“a ridge”). Compare

Attested from the 17th century, of unknown origin. Possibly from kame (“a ridge”). Compare Scots came (“comb”), Scots kame (“combing; a ridge”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).

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Forms

plural: cames
Singularcame
Pluralcames

regular

Collocations

12 patterns
  • came came
  • came came to
  • came came here
  • came came back
  • came came home
  • came came up
  • came came in
  • came came into
  • came back
  • came came from
  • came came out
  • came came over

See also

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