came

¹ American  

[keym] / keɪm /

verb

1. simple past tense of come.

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came ² American  

[keym] / keɪm /

noun

1. a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.

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came ¹ British  

/ keɪm /

verb

1. the past tense of come

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came ² British  

/ keɪm /

noun

1. a grooved strip of lead used to join pieces of glass in a stained-glass window or a leaded light

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Etymology

Origin of came

First recorded in 1680–90; special use of came “ridge”; see comb, kame ¹

Example Sentences

The Golden Gate Bridge, so often destroyed in science-fiction films, is still standing, as is the iconic Ferry Building, wrecked by a giant octopus in “It Came From Beneath the Sea.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Other animated highlights include repeats of the delightful screen adaptation of The Tiger Who Came To Tea, and Christmas classic The Snowman.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

And here, the classic 1958 Messengers band lives on via three songs: tenor saxophonist Benny Golson’s smooth-grooving “Along Came Betty,” and his martial-themed “Blues March,” and Timmons’s “Moanin’.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

She’s directed a film, “All the Walls Came Down,” about the blaze and recovery efforts.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

"I was twenty-two years young then. Came back a month later feeling like an old man."

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi