ruled

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of rule. Use it for controlling or deciding something that already happened.

   She ruled the kingdom wisely for many years.

   For centuries the islands were ruled by a foreign power.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Having lines printed across the surface, the way a writing notebook does.

   Like the straight lines printed in a school exercise book.

   She wrote her notes on ruled paper to keep them neat.

   The notebook had ruled pages for practicing handwriting.

   Similarlined

   Oppositeunlined, plain, blank

3. 3
   adjective

   Made of straight lines, so that a straight line lies on the surface at every point.

   Like a lampshade made by stretching straight strings into a curved shape.

   A cylinder is ruled, because a straight line lies on it at every point.

   The tower's curved wall is actually ruled, built from straight steel rods.

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