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sold

[ sohld ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of sell 1.


sold

/ səʊld /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of sell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. sold on slang.
    uncritically attached to or enthusiastic about
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • self-sold adjective
  • un·sold adjective
  • well-sold adjective
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Example Sentences

Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”

Not only has he not “done Santa in four years,” but he has sold his reindeer as well.

In the early 1900s, fashion forgers often sketched designs they saw in Paris shows and sold reproductions in France and overseas.

Gift cards are sold at kiosks in shopping malls or even websites that catering to this exchange market.

To compare, Lana Del Rey sold over 100,000 copies that same week.

The last-named building remained in the possession of the Unitarians until 1861, when it was sold to the Roman Catholics.

The result of this mission was eminently successful; a special treaty was drawn up and Spain sold Louisiana to France.

In 1603 it was ordered that one quart of best ale, or two of small, should be sold for one penny.

Everywhere cattle were being sold for a trifle, as there was no grass upon which they could feed.

The office of clerk of the court is about to be sold, having been placed at fifteen hundred pesos.

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