Won
[wʌn]
Definition
(adj.) not subject to defeat; 'with that move it's a won game' .
Editor: Ricky--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Win
(-) imp. & p. p. of Win.
(v. i.) To dwell or abide.
(n.) Dwelling; wone.
Typist: Ronald
Definition
pa.t. and pa.p. of win.
v.i. to dwell: to abide: to be accustomed.—n. a dwelling: an abode.—n. Won′ing dwelling.
Editor: Rufus
Examples
- They won't do over here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Won back his coat,' said Venn slily. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Won't you say yes--I will devote my life to making you very happy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I won't look at him again, he told himself. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Well, then, we'll all go ahead and buy up niggers, said the man, if that's the way of Providence,--won't we, Squire? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- True, but the question is, may she be won? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I think she's got a touch of that fever in her blood yet, and it won't come out--eh? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- If your crop comes shorter into market than any of theirs, you won't lose your bet, I suppose? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But we shall take a shorter cut through the furze than you can go with long clothes; so we won't trouble you to wait. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Won't you say, some of us? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But you won't ever leave me for some one else. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Now I won't give way. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- By daring hearts is freedom won. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Won't you come round to the flat? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Wilmer