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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secondhand |
| Synonyms: | hand-me-down, nearly new, not new, passed down, pre-owned, recycled, worn |
| Concept: | Use. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; precursory measures |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
use; employ, employment; exercise, exercitation; application, appliance; adhibition, disposal; consumption; agency (physical); usufruct; usefulness; benefit; recourse, resort, avail., [Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear., [Way of using] usage.
-verbs
use, make use of, employ, put to use; put in action, put in operation, put in practice; set in motion, set to work., ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take advantage of; lay one's hands on, try., render useful; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert to use, utilize; work up; call into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into service, enlist into the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of., fall back upon, make a shift with; make the most of, make the best of., use up, swallow up; consume, absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put to task.
-adjectives
in use; used; well-worn, well-trodden., useful; subservient (instrumental).
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| Antonyms: | disuse, misuse |
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| Main Entry: | decrepit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age |
| Synonyms: | aged, anile, antiquated, battered, bedraggled, broken-down, creaky, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, infirm, insubstantial, old, quavering, ramshackle, rickety, run-down, seedy, senile, shabby, shaking, superannuated, tacky, threadbare, tired, tottering, tumble-down, unsound, used, wasted, weak, weakly, weather-beaten, worn, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | fit, healthy, young |
| Main Entry: | depleted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consumed, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | all in, bare, bleary, collapsed, decreased, depreciated, destitute, devoid of, drained, effete, emptied, far-gone, in want, kaput, lessened, out of, pooped out, reduced, sapped, short of, sold, sold out, spent, sucked out, used, used up, vacant, washed out, wasted, weakened, without resources, worn, worn out |
| Antonyms: | augmented, enlarged, increased, unconsumed, unused |
| Main Entry: | hand-me-down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | previously owned |
| Synonyms: | not new, passed down, previously owned, reach-me-down, second-hand, secondhand, used, worn |
| Main Entry: | spent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used up, gone; tired out |
| Synonyms: | all in, bleary, blown, burnt-out, bushed, consumed, dead*, debilitated, depleted, disbursed, dissipated, dog-tired, done-in, down the drain, drained, effete, enervated, exhausted, expended, fagged, far-gone, finished, had it, limp, lost, played-out, prostrate, ready to drop, shattered, shot, thrown away, used, washed-up, wasted, weakened, wearied, weary, worn out |
| Antonyms: | hoarded, retained, saved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | threadbare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn, frayed |
| Synonyms: | beat up, damaged, dilapidated, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, faded, frowzy, impaired, injured, old, ragged, ratty, run-down, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, timeworn, used, used-up, worn-out, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
| Main Entry: | tried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reliable |
| Synonyms: | approved, certified, constant, demonstrated, dependable, faithful, proved, secure, staunch, steadfast, tested, tried-and-true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, used |
| Antonyms: | unreliable, untried |
| Main Entry: | wont |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the habit of |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, given, inclined, used, used to |
| Notes: | wont is a custom, especially habitual; want is a desire or need |
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