(~ed)
1.
A ~ is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table.
...a ~ lunch...
N-COUNT: oft N n
2.
A ~ is a cafe, usually in a hotel or station.
We sat in the station ~ sipping tea.
N-COUNT: oft n N
3.
On a train, the ~ or the ~ car is the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold. (BRIT; in AM, use dining car )
N-COUNT: usu sing
4.
If something is ~ed by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them.
Their plane had been severely ~ed by storms...
Storms swept the country, closing roads, ~ing ferries and killing as many as 30 people.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
~ing (~ings)
...the ~ings of the winds.
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5.
If an economy or government is ~ed by difficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them.
The whole of Africa had been ~ed by social and political upheavals.
VERB: be V-ed