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Definition of thumbed in English: thumbedadjective θʌmdθəmd 1(of a book, magazine, etc.) having been read often and bearing marks of frequent handling. they reread old volumes until they are thumbed and fragile elegant hardbacks, thumbed and adored the heavily thumbed thesaurus Example sentencesExamples - Years later I foolishly sold off my collection of ratty, well thumbed copies.
- On the shelf was a small selection of callously thumbed books.
- This will predict your future life for you, much better than the fortuneteller with a turban and a well thumbed set of Tarot cards.
- In our own kids' bookshelves, they're the most battered, thumbed and falling-apart books, so often have they been read.
- His cookbooks can be found, greasily thumbed, in many of the nation's kitchens.
Synonyms soiled, marked, dog-eared, well read, messed up, mauled 2Having or using thumbs. in combination a two-thumbed salute Example sentencesExamples - Use your thumbs (preferably) or the removal tool (if you're weak thumbed!).
- To my horror I realised that the roof of the dog's mouth was against the thumbed side of my hand and the business end of the fang was protruding past the little finger side of my fist.
- The world will be a hell of a lot better without thumbed humans running around destroying everything.
- The dictionary is a look at the origins of terms that your sons and daughters are probably using right now as they sit before their TVs and monitors, controllers in thumbed hand.
Definition of thumbed in US English: thumbedadjectiveTHəmdθəmd 1(of a book, magazine, etc.) having been read often and bearing marks of frequent handling. they reread old volumes until they are thumbed and fragile elegant hardbacks, thumbed and adored the heavily thumbed thesaurus Example sentencesExamples - On the shelf was a small selection of callously thumbed books.
- This will predict your future life for you, much better than the fortuneteller with a turban and a well thumbed set of Tarot cards.
- Years later I foolishly sold off my collection of ratty, well thumbed copies.
- His cookbooks can be found, greasily thumbed, in many of the nation's kitchens.
- In our own kids' bookshelves, they're the most battered, thumbed and falling-apart books, so often have they been read.
Synonyms soiled, marked, dog-eared, well read, messed up, mauled 2Having or using thumbs. in combination a two-thumbed salute Example sentencesExamples - The dictionary is a look at the origins of terms that your sons and daughters are probably using right now as they sit before their TVs and monitors, controllers in thumbed hand.
- To my horror I realised that the roof of the dog's mouth was against the thumbed side of my hand and the business end of the fang was protruding past the little finger side of my fist.
- Use your thumbs (preferably) or the removal tool (if you're weak thumbed!).
- The world will be a hell of a lot better without thumbed humans running around destroying everything.
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