"came" meaning in English

See came in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /keɪm/, [kʰeɪ̯m], [kʰeːm] [Canada], [keːm] (note: Ottawa Valley), [kɛːm] (note: Ottawa Valley) Audio: en-us-came.ogg Forms: cames [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪm Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown, {{cog|sco|came||comb}} Scots came (“comb”), {{cog|sco|kame||combing; a ridge}} Scots kame (“combing; a ridge”), {{cog|enm|camet||silver}} Middle English camet (“silver”), {{wp|came glasswork|mul=leadlight}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} came (plural cames)
  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. Translations (A grooved strip of metal for glasswork): plomb [masculine] (French), ramka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-came-en-noun-6yzmrpm5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 29 8 0 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 28 15 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 31 17 0 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 36 13 0 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /keɪm/, [kʰeɪ̯m], [kʰeːm] [Canada], [keːm] (note: Ottawa Valley), [kɛːm] (note: Ottawa Valley) Audio: en-us-came.ogg
Rhymes: -eɪm Etymology: See come. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} came, {{en-prep}} came
  1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation Synonyms (following event etc, in the past after waiting): by, when [event, period, change in state] came/arrived Related terms: come (english: preposition)
    Sense id: en-came-en-prep-PjDLme2w Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 45 16 16 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /keɪm/, [kʰeɪ̯m], [kʰeːm] [Canada], [keːm] (note: Ottawa Valley), [kɛːm] (note: Ottawa Valley) Audio: en-us-came.ogg
Rhymes: -eɪm Etymology: See come. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} came
  1. simple past of come Tags: form-of, past Form of: come
    Sense id: en-came-en-verb-vP~MIM9C
  2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of come Tags: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Form of: come
    Sense id: en-came-en-verb-aLRbbEwr
  3. simple past of cum Tags: form-of, past Form of: cum
    Sense id: en-came-en-verb-ndNmXULm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "stainless steel"
        ],
        [
          "pane",
          "pane"
        ],
        [
          "glass",
          "glass"
        ],
        [
          "glazing",
          "glazing#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/keɪm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰeɪ̯m]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰeːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[keːm]",
      "note": "Ottawa Valley"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɛːm]",
      "note": "Ottawa Valley"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-came.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-us-came.ogg/En-us-came.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-us-came.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪm"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A grooved strip of metal for glasswork",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plomb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A grooved strip of metal for glasswork",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ramka"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Came (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "came"
}

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