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Cased
see synonyms of casedAdjective
covered or protected with or as if with a case
Example Sentences:'knights cased in steel''products encased in leatherette'
2. cased
enclosed in a case
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Cased
see synonyms of casednoun
1.
a single instance, occurrence, or example of something
2.
an instance of disease, injury, hardship, etc
3.
a question or matter for discussion
the case before the committee
4.
a specific condition or state of affairs; situation
5.
a set of arguments supporting a particular action, cause, etc
6.
a.
a person attended or served by a doctor, social worker, solicitor, etc; patient or client
b.
(as modifier)
a case study
7.
a.
an action or suit at law or something that forms sufficient grounds for bringing an action
he has a good case
b.
the evidence offered in court to support a claim
8. grammar
a.
a set of grammatical categories of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, marked by inflection in some languages, indicating the relation of the noun, adjective, or pronoun to
other words in the sentence
b.
any one of these categories
the nominative case
9. informal
a person in or regarded as being in a specified condition
the accident victim was a hospital case
10. informal
a person of a specified character (esp in the phrase a hard case)
11. informal
an odd person; eccentric
12. US informal
love or infatuation
13. short for case shot, canister (sense 2b)
14. as the case may be
15. in any case
16. in case
17. in case of
18. in no case
noun
1.
a.
a container, such as a box or chest
b.
(in combination)
suitcase
briefcase
2.
an outer cover or sheath, esp for a watch
3.
a receptacle and its contents
a case of ammunition
4.
a pair or brace, esp of pistols
5. architecture another word for casing (sense 3)
6.
a completed cover ready to be fastened to a book to form its binding
7. printing
a tray divided into many compartments in which a compositor keeps individual metal types of a particular size and style. Cases were originally
used in pairs, one (the upper case) for capitals, the other (the lower case) for small
letters
See also upper case, lower case8. metallurgy
the surface of a piece of steel that has been case-hardened
verb (transitive)
9.
to put into or cover with a case
to case the machinery
10. slang
to inspect carefully (esp a place to be robbed)
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Cased
see synonyms of cased noun
1.
an example, instance, or occurrence
a case of carelessness, a case of measles
2.
a person being treated or helped, as by a doctor or social worker
3.
any individual or matter requiring or undergoing official or formal observation, study, investigation, etc.
4.
a statement of the facts or circumstances, as in a law court, esp. the argument of one side
the case for the defendant
5.
supporting or convincing arguments or evidence; proper grounds for a statement or action
he has no case
6.
a legal action or suit, esp. one studied or cited as a precedent
7. US, Informal
a peculiar or eccentric person
8. US, Informal
an infatuation; crush
9. Grammar
a.
the syntactic relationship shown in highly inflected languages such as German and Latin by changes in the form of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives
b.
the form that a noun, pronoun, or adjective takes to show such relationship
c.
any of the sets of such forms
the accusative case
d.
in Modern English and other languages with relatively few inflections, such a relationship, whether expressed by word order or by inflected
forms; also, any of these forms or sets of forms, esp. the Modern English subjective, objective, and possessive forms of pronouns and possessive form of nouns
verb transitiveWord forms: cased or ˈcasing
10. US, Slang
to look over carefully, esp. in preparation for an intended robbery
noun
1.
a container, as a box, crate, chest, sheath, or folder
2.
a protective cover or covering part
a leather case, seedcase
3.
a full box or its contents
a case of beer
4.
a set or pair
a case of pistols
5.
a frame as for a window or door
6.
a shallow compartmented tray in which printing type is kept
verb transitiveWord forms: cased or ˈcasing
7.
to put into a container
8.
to cover or enclose
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Cased
see synonyms of casedn.
1. A container; a receptacle: a jewelry case; meat-filled cases of dough.
2. A container with its contents.
3. A decorative or protective covering or cover.
4. A set or pair: a case of pistols.
5. The frame or framework of a window, door, or stairway.
6. The surface or outer layer of a metal alloy.
7. Printing
a. A shallow compartmented tray for storing type or type matrices.
b. The form of a written, printed, or keyed letter that distinguishes it as being lowercase or uppercase: typed the password using the wrong case.
tr.v. cased, cas·ing, cas·es
1. To put into or cover with a case; encase.
2. Slang To examine carefully, as in planning a crime: cased the bank before robbing it.
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