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Word:
hired
IPA transcription: [h'aɪɚd]
Pronunciations of hired
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adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hired
Meaning:
having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired gun"
Usage examples
William had been hired out almost his entire life.
"I don't meddle with hired boys' prayers," she said haughtily.
She was hired by a Mr. Stewart, who lived about twelve miles from my home.
There were a lot of representatives from the East, and a private car was hired.
He hired a guide and went hunting, eighty miles beyond the last outpost of civilization.
The thought was agreed to be a very good one; they hired a furnace, and turned goldsmiths.
I s'pose you think a hired boy hasn't any business to pray for particular things, but I'll show you.
I have hired a building for the purpose, with a cottage of two rooms attached to it for the mistress's house.
He had hired Guiseppe Tolomeo to kill his grandfather, and then came to see if the deed had been executed thoroughly.
All his wicked feelings came back, and he hired some bad men to take David by surprise when he was asleep, and kill him.
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Minecraft
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SS Ohioan (1914)
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Masters and Johnson
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Homer's Odyssey (The Simpsons)
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Air-tractor sledge
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