came

¹

[ keym ]

verb

1. simple past tense of come.

came

²

[ keym ]

noun

1. a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.

came

¹

/ keɪm /

verb

1. the past tense of come

came

²

/ keɪm /

noun

1. a grooved strip of lead used to join pieces of glass in a stained-glass window or a leaded light

Word History and Origins

Origin of came¹

First recorded in 1680–90; special use of came “ridge”; comb, kame ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of came¹

C17: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

This research is one of several discoveries on African chemical compounds that came from the collaboration between Wistar and the University of Buea Centre for Drug Discovery, which began in 2021.

From Science Daily

Crew came back to finish the filming after they realised it might help Hutchins' family.

From BBC

Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp told MPs it came as "no surprise" that Labour was doing "the precise opposite of what they promised in their manifesto".

From BBC

The second miracle attributed to Mr Acutis came in 2024, when a university student in Florence was healed despite having bleeding on the brain after suffering head trauma.

From BBC

“The significant thing about Java,” Sahar said, “is Java came long before the ballroom was created, long before the Stonewall riots in New York, and so she was really a pioneer.”

From Los Angeles Times