valet
noun
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
valeted
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past participleof valet.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof valet.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
valetnouna male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
Example Sentences
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Besides having a lovely meal, I valeted my car with ease, which allowed me to stroll down the block for a post-dinner constitutional without having to remember which public garage I parked in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
There was plenty of street parking on Thursday night outside of Il Bacco Italian restaurant in Little Neck, Queens, but we valeted the car anyway.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2023
It applies to services too, like having your nails done or getting your car valeted.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2021
Garage parking in Manhattan is almost universally valeted, which, on the one hand, provides some measure of security — but also evokes the valet joyride scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2015
I valeted ’is father before ’im and know that ’e wouldn’t ’urt a fly.
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
