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”; comb, kame ¹

Example Sentences

Then, one day, at an event this man came up to me.

From BBC

Bhumjaithai won 170 constituencies, the most of any party, while People's Party -- which had been polling first ahead of the election -- came in second, with 88 constituencies, the commission said.

From Barron's

That came after reports had earlier said she had told the central bank's boss Kazuo Ueda of her concern about hiking interest rates further.

From Barron's

"We saw this happen in 2019 when the invasive species regulation came in and there was a spike in animals such as raccoons and tanukis coming into us or even being let loose."

From BBC

The IMF report didn’t reflect the recent Supreme Court decision on tariffs, Georgieva noted, because it came after the fund had completed its findings and shared them with U.S. authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal