(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
But he has ~ed his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age...
...a period of ~ed economic growth throughout 1995.
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
If you ~ something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you. (FORMAL)
Every aircraft in there has ~ed some damage...
A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries ~ed in yesterday’s bomb blast.
VERB: V n, V-ed
3.
If something ~s you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement. (FORMAL)
The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would ~ them during the lean season...
VERB: V n