"bought" meaning in English

See bought in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɔt/ [General-American], /bɑt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-bought.ogg Forms: boughts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From Middle English bought, bowght, bouȝt, *buȝt, probably an alteration of bight, biȝt, byȝt (“bend, bight”) after bowen, buwen, buȝen (“to bow, bend”). Cognate with Scots boucht, bucht, bout (“bend”). More at bight and bout. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰewgʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|bought}} Middle English bought, {{cog|sco|boucht}} Scots boucht Head templates: {{en-noun}} bought (plural boughts)
  1. (obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bought-en-noun-ranzEwn4
  2. (obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bought-en-noun-jWSZ0r6B
  3. (obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bought-en-noun-CdvfMd-k
  4. (obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bought-en-noun-DKcxTLmg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 9 2 50 2 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 10 3 51 3 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 6 3 60 3 19
  5. (obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bought-en-noun-Som3LFma
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bout, bowt, boughte, bughte
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /bɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɔt/ [General-American], /bɑt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-bought.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: See buy. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bought
  1. simple past and past participle of buy. Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: buy Derived forms: boughten, overbought, shopbought, storebought, unbought
    Sense id: en-bought-en-verb-kI1w0T7s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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