Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having an owner;
often used in combination;
- Example: "state-owned railways"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
owned \owned\ adj.
having an owner; often used in combination; as, state-owned
railways. Opposite of unowned.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Own \Own\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Owned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Owning.] [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. [=a]gnian, fr. [=a]gen
own, a. See Own, a.]
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to
be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a
house.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
owned
adj 1: having an owner; often used in combination; "state-owned
railways" [ant: ownerless, unowned]
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
owned
1. [cracker slang; often written ?0wned?] Your condition when your machine
has been cracked by a root exploit, and the attacker can do anything with
it. This sense is occasionally used by hackers.
2. [gamers, IRC, crackers] To be dominated, controlled, mastered. For
example, if you make a statement completely and utterly false, and someone
else corrects it in a way that humiliates or removes you, you are said to ?
have been owned? by that person. When referring to games, ?I own0r UT GOTYE
? means that one has mastered Unreal Tournament, Game of the Year Edition
to such a level that even the hardest AI characters are mere lunchmeat, and
that no ordinary mortal player would even receive a point in competition.
There are several spelling variants: 0wned, 0wn0r3d, even pwn0r3d. Hackers
do not use this sense.
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