A
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
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Abide | Abode/Abided | Abode/Abided/Abidden | To continue To reside\live |
Aby/Abey | Abought | Abought | To make amends for something wrong |
Alight | Alit/Alighted | Alit/Alighted | To get off a bus, train, etc. |
Arise | Arose | Arisen | To originate To get up from horizontal position, out of bed To come into existence |
Awake | Awoke | Awoken | To stop sleeping and become conscious |
B
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
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Backbite | Backbit | Backbitten | To speak badly about someone |
Backfit | Backfit | Backfit | To fit new parts into an older machine that weren't available when the machine was made |
Backlight | Backlit | Backlit | To illuminate from behind (photography) |
Backslide | Backslid | Backslid/Backslidden | To stop making progress and start regressing |
Be | Was/Were | Been | To exist, live or occur. To have as a quality or a state An auxiliary verb |
Bear | Bore | Born/Borne | To carry To tolerate To give birth to |
Beat | Beat | Beaten | To hit repeatedly |
Become | Became | Become | To come into existence |
Bedight | Bedight/Bedighted | Bedight/Bedighted | To adorn, decorate |
Befall | Befell | Befallen | To happen To happen to somebody or something |
Beget | Begot/Begat | Begotten | To cause something to happen To procreate |
Begin | Began | Begun | To start something |
Begird | Begirt/Begirded | Begirt | To encircle |
Behight | Behight | Behight/Behoten | To promise or vow To order |
Behold | Beheld | Beheld | To become conscious of by seeing |
Belay | Belaid/Belayed | Belaid/Belayed | To secure a boat with a rope To tie up |
Bend | Bent | Bent | To curve something by distorting its shape |
Bereave | Bereft | Bereft/Bereaved | To lose a relative through their death To deprive |
Beseech | Besought/Beseeched | Besought/Beseeched | To ask someone very insistently to do something |
Beset | Beset | Beset | To be restricted and occupied by difficulties |
Bespeak | Bespoke | Bespoken | To be a signal or symbol of something To set aside or reserve something To ask for |
Bestrew | Bestrewed | Bestrewed/Bestrewn | To cover a surface by throwing things about randomly |
Bestride | Bestrode | Bestridden | To sit or stand with one leg on either side of something |
Bet | Bet | Bet | To risk money against the result of a future event |
Betake | Betook | Betaken | To go to a place |
Bethink | Bethought | Bethought | To think about something To remind yourself |
Beweep | Bewept | Bewept | To cry for or over someone or something |
Bid | Bid | Bid | To make an offer of money or services |
Bid | Bade | Bidden | To command or urge someone to do something |
Bide | Bided/Bode | Bided | To wait for To tolerate To withstand |
Bind | Bound | Bound | To tie something with string, or similar, to hold it |
Bite | Bit | Bitten | To cut or hold with teeth |
Blaw | Blawed | Blawn | To blow |
Bleed | Bled | Bled | To lose blood through a cut in the skin |
Blend | Blended/Blent | Blended/Blent | To mix together |
Bless | Blessed/Blest | Blessed/Blest | To wish or confer happiness To make holy |
Blow | Blew | Blown | To move air, wind and gases |
Bottle-feed | Bottle-fed | Bottle-fed | To feed a baby with a bottle |
Bowstring | Bowstrung/Bowstringed | Bowstrung | To strangle with the string from a bow |
Break | Broke | Broken | To cause something to separate into at least two pieces |
Breast-feed | Breast-fed | Breast-fed | To feed a baby with breast milk |
Breed | Bred | Bred | To produce animals or plants by controlling their reproduction |
Bring | Brought | Brought | To carry or convey something to the place where you are going |
Broadcast | Broadcast/Broadcasted | Broadcast/Broadcasted | To transmit radio or TV signals |
Browbeat | Browbeat | Browbeat/Browbeaten | To put pressure on someone or bully them to do something |
Build | Built | Built | To construct |
Burn | Burnt/Burned | Burnt/Burned | To consume or be consumed by fire |
Burst | Burst | Burst | To break something open, usually by internal pressure, such as a balloon with too much air in it |
Bust | Bust | Bust | To break |
Buy | Bought | Bought | To acquire something in exchange for money |
C
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Cast | Cast | Cast | To throw or project something |
Catch | Caught | Caught | To receive To stop and hold a moving object, usually with your hands To make something unable to escape |
Cheerlead | Cheerled | Cheerled | To cheer and support a team in an organised group |
Chide | Chid | Chid/Chidden | To tell somebody off when they have done something wrong |
Choose | Chose | Chosen | To select |
Clap | Clapped/Clapt | Clapped/Clapt | To hit your hands together to make a sound to show approval To make a loud noise, like thunder |
Clear-cut | Clear-cut | Clear-cut | To cut down all trees in an area |
Cleave | Cleft/Cleaved/Clove | Cleft/Cleaved/Cloven | To separate or divide something, often with force To stick or hold together |
Cleek | Claught/Claucht/Cleeked | Cleeked | To grasp or take hold of |
Clepe | Cleped | Cleped/Ycleped/Yclept | To call or name |
Cling | Clung | Clung | To hold on to or to stick to |
Clothe | Clad/Clothed | Clad/Clothed | To dress someone or provide them with clothes |
Colorbreed | Colorbred | Colorbred | To breed an animal to be of a particular color |
Colorcast | Colorcast | Colorcast | To broadcast in color |
Come | Came | Come | To move towards or to arrive at a specified place, time or situation |
Cost | Cost | Cost | The amount of money required to buy something; it costs five dollars. |
Cost-cut | Cost-cut | Cost-cut | To redcuce costs or expenditure |
Counterdraw | Counterdrew | Counterdrawn | To copy by tracing |
Counterlight | Counterlit | Counterlit | To light something directly from opposite sides |
Cowrite | Cowrote | Cowritten | To write with someone |
Crash-dive | Crash-dived/Crash-dove | Crash-dived | To go down very quickly |
Creep | Crept | Crept | To move along the ground lying down |
Creep-feed | Creep-fed | Creep-fed | To feed young animals in a special area that adult animals can't get in |
Crib-bite | Crib-bit | Crib-bitten | To bite its manger and swallow air (of a horse) |
Cross-bite | Cross-bit | Cross-bitten | To thwart or stop something happening by deception |
Cross-string | Cross-strung | Cross-strung | To place bass strings on a piano across the treble strings |
Crossbreed | Crossbred | Crossbred | To breed animals or plants of different species, like a mule, which is a crossbreed of a donkey and a horse |
Crosscut | Crosscut | Crosscut | To move between scenes or stories in a film or narrative |
Crosslight | Crosslit | Crosslit | To illuminate from different sides, but not directly opposite |
Crow | Crowed/Crew | Crowed | To boast To utter a sound indicating pleasure |
Cut | Cut | Cut | To break the surface of something with a knife or similar tool |
D
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
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Dare | Dared/Durst | Dared | To have sufficient courage |
Daydream | Daydreamt/Daydreamt | Daydreamt/Daydreamt | To have dream-like thoughts when a wake To have a fantasy |
Deal | Dealt | Dealt | To distribute, especially playing cards in games |
Deep-freeze | Deep-froze | Deep-frozen | To freeze or store frozen To suspend progress or activity |
Dig | Dug | Dug | To make a hole in the ground |
Dight | Dight/Dighted | Dight/Dighted | To dictate orders |
Dispread | Dispread | Dispread | To spread out |
Disprove | Disproved | Disproven/Disproved | To prove that something is fale or wrong |
Dive | Dived/Dove | Dived | To jump head first into water To fall quickly |
Do | Did | Done | To perform or carry out |
Dogfight | Dogfought | Dogfought | To fight in aeroplanes To arrange a fight between dogs for sport |
Dow | Dought/Dowed | Dought/Dowed | To have the ability to do something To do well |
Draw | Drew | Drawn | To make a picture using a pen or pencil |
Dream | Dreamt/Dreamed | Dreamt/Dreamed | To see visual images while sleeping |
Drink | Drank | Drunk | To consume liquids |
Drip-feed | Drip-fed | Drip-fed | To feed someone with fluids going into the vein To release information very slowly, bit by bit |
Drive | Drove | Driven | To operate and control a car or other vehicle |
Dwell | Dwelt | Dwelt | To reside or live somewhere |
E
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
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Eat | Ate | Eaten | To consume solid food |
End-run | End-ran | End-run | To avoid doing something by cheating or deceit |
Engird | Engirt | Engirt | To encircle, encompass |
Engrave | Engraved | Engraved/Engraven | To carve letters or a pattern into the surface of something |
Enwind | Enwound | Enwound | To make into a coil To wrap around something |
F
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
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Fall | Fell | Fallen | To move downwards or to the ground |
Farebeat | Farebeat | Farebeaten | To avoid paying fares when using public transport |
Fast-cut | Fast-cut | Fast-cut | To cut quickly from one scene to another in a film |
Feed | Fed | Fed | To give or supply food |
Feel | Felt | Felt | To sense by touch To experience an emotion, or sensation |
Fight | Fought | Fought | To try to hurt or kill someone in combat or war |
Find | Found | Found | To discover something either by chance or when looking for it |
Fit | Fit/Fitted | Fit/Fitted | To be the correct size, for clothes, etc. (fit/fit/fit) To measure someone for size (fit fit/fitted/ fit/fitted) |
Flash-freeze | Flash-froze | Flash-frozen | To freeze food very rapidly to preserve taste and nutrients |
Flee | Fled | Fled | To run away in order to find safety |
Fling | Flung | Flung | To throw or move something suddenly |
Floodlight | Floodlit | Floodlit | To use powerful lights to illuminate something outside at night |
Fly | Flew | Flown | To move through the air To travel by aeroplane |
Flyblow | Flyblew | Flyblown | To contaminate by laying eggs, the way a fly does |
Forbear | Forbore | Forborne/Forborn | Not to use or talk about something |
Forbid | Forbade/Forbad | Forbidden | To prohibit |
Force-feed | Force-fed | Force-fed | To feed someone who refuses or doesn't want to eat |
Fordo/Foredo | Fordid | Fordone | To ruin or destroy |
Forecast | Forecast/Forecasted | Forecast/Forecasted | To predict the future |
Forefeel | Forefelt | Forefelt | To have a feeling before something happens To have a premonition |
Forego | Forewent | Foregone | To preceed something To go without something |
Foreknow | Foreknew | Foreknown | To know something beforehand |
Forerun | Foreran | Forerun | To go before something To show that something is going to happen |
Foresee | Foresaw | Foreseen | To predict or see the future |
Foreshow | Foreshowed | Forshowed/Foreshown | To show something or make it known beforehand To foretell |
Forespeak | Forespoke | Forespoken | To predict To speak of something beforehand |
Foretell | Foretold | Foretold | To predict the future |
Forget | Forgot | Forgotten | To be unable to remember something |
Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven | To pardon or stop being angry with someone who has offended you |
Forlese | Forlore | Forlorn | To lose completely |
Forsake | Forsook | Forsaken | To give something up To abandon |
Forswear | Forswore | Forsworn | To make a false promise or oath |
Fraught | Fraught/Fraughted | Fraught/Fraughted | To stock To load a ship, etc To hire a ship, etc |
Free-fall | Free-fell | Free-fallen | To drop or fall suddenly To fall through the air without opening a parachute |
Freeze | Froze | Frozen | To make liquids into solids by cold temperatures To store food below zero degrees centigrade |
Frostbite | Frostbit | Frostbitten | To injure or damage part of the body through extreme cold |
G
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
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Gainsay | Gainsaid | Gainsaid | To contradict or deny |
Gaslight | Gaslit/Gaslighted | Gaslit/Gaslighted | To frighten and confuse someone so much that they think they are going mad |
Geld | Gelded/Gelt | Gelded/Gelt | To castrate an animal |
Get | Got | Got/Gotten | To obtain, catch or receive |
Ghostwrite | Ghostwrote | Ghostwritten | To write for someone else, who will put their name as the author |
Gild | Gilt/Gilded | Gilt/Gilded | To cover something with a thin layer of gold |
Gin | Gan | Gan | To begin something |
Gird | Girded/Girt | Girded/Girt | To secure or encirle something with a belt or bend |
Give | Gave | Given | To offer something as a present |
Gnaw | Gnawed | Gnawed/Gnawn | To bite or chew To cause worry |
Go | Went | Gone/Been | To travel to a place |
Grave | Graved | Graven/Graved | To dig To carve To fix in the memory |
Grind | Ground | Ground | To break something into a powder |
Grow | Grew | Grown | To increase in size |
H
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Hagride | Hagrode | Hagridden | To torment or cause nightmares |
Halterbreak | Halterbroke | Halterbroken | To break a horse in, to get it used to wearing a halter |
Hamstring | Hamstrung/Hamstringed | Hamstrung/Hamstringed | To make things difficult for someone doing something |
Hand-feed | Hand-fed | Hand-fed | To give food by hand |
Hand-ride | Hand-rode | Hand-ridden | To control an animal by hand |
Handsew | Handsewed | Handsewn/Handsewed | To sew by hand |
Handwrite | Handwrote | Handwritten | To write with a pen or pencil rather than a word processor |
Hang | Hung/Hanged | Hung/Hanged | To suspend from a support To execute someone by supending them by the neck |
Have | Had | Had | To possess To do An auxiliary verb |
Hear | Heard | Heard | To detect or perceive sound |
Heave | Heaved/Hove | Heaved/Hove | To lift something heavy To throw something heavy |
Hew | Hewed | Hewn | To cut things into pieces |
Hide | Hid | Hidden | To conceal or put something where it cannot be seen |
Hight | Hote/Hight | Hoten | To name To promise To command |
Hit | Hit | Hit | To touch somebody or something with force |
Hoise | Hoised/Hoist | Hoised/Hoist | To hoist or lift |
Hoist | Hoist/Hoisted | Hoist/Hoisted | To raise or lift using ropes, etc |
Hold | Held | Held | To secure something in your hand To contain |
House-sit | House-sat | House-sat | To stay in someone's house to look after it while they are away |
Housebreak | Housebroke | Housebroken | To train an animal to live in a house |
Hurt | Hurt | Hurt | To cause pain, injury or stress To experience pain, injury or stress |
I
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
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Inbreed | Inbred | Inbred | To produce babies with health problems by sexual relations between close relatives |
Indwell | Indwelt | Indwelt | To inhabit To exist as a guiding principle |
Inhold | Inheld | Inheld | To have as an inherent characteristic |
Inlay | Inlaid | Inlaid | To put a different material inside another for decoration, with a flat surface |
Input | Input/Inputted | Input/Inputted | To enter data into a computer |
Inset | Inset | Inset | To put a picture or graphic inside a lerger one |
Interblend | Interblended/Interblent | Interblended/Interblent | To blend things together |
Interbreed | Interbred | Interbred | To mix species or groups sexually |
Intercut | Intercut | Intercut | To move between different scenes or stories in a film or narrative |
Intergrave | Intergraved | Intergraved/Intergraven | To carve or engrave in alternate sections |
Interlay | Interlaid | Interlaid | To place among or between things |
Interset | Interset | Interset | To set among or between things |
Interweave | Interwove | Interwoven | To join or mix together |
Interwind | Interwound | Interwound | To wind together or intertwine |
Inweave | Inwove/Inweaved | Inwoven/Inweaved | To weave things together |
Inwind | Inwound | Inwound | To wrap or coil around |
J
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Jerry-build | Jerry-built | Jerry-built | To build something cheaply and badly |
K
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Keep | Kept | Kept | To have possession To make somebody or something stay in a particular place |
Ken | Kent/Kenned | Kent/Kenned | To know |
Kneel | Knelt/Kneeled | Knelt/Kneeled | To support yourself on your knees |
Knit | Knit/Knitted | Knit/Knitted | To make clothes such as pullovers out of wool |
Know | Knew | Known | To be acquainted with To have correctly in your memory |
L
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Lade | Laded | Laden/Laded | To load (put goods onto) a ship |
Landslide | Landslid/Landslided | Landslid/Landslided | To win a convincing and easy victory in an election |
Lay | Laid | Laid | To put something in a horizontal position |
Lead | Led | Led | To take someone somewhere or guide them To be in command |
Lean | Leant/Leaned | Leant/Leaned | To place something at an incline for support against something |
Leap | Leapt/Leaped | Leapt/Leaped | To jump |
Learn | Learnt/Learned | Learnt/Learned | To acquire knowledge |
Leave | Left | Left | To go out of a place |
Lend | Lent | Lent | To give somebody money that must be returned |
Lep | Lept | Lept | To leap |
Let | Let | Let | To allow something to happen To allow someone to do something |
Lie | Lay | Lain | To get into or be in a horizontal position |
Light | Lit | Lit | To make something burn |
Linebreed | Linebred | Linebred | Breed animals from a particular family |
Lip-Read | Lip-Read | Lip-Read | To work out what someone is saying from the movements of their mouth |
Lose | Lost | Lost | Not to have something because you do not know where it is |
M
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
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Make | Made | Made | To create or construct something To cause somebody to do something To perform an action |
Mean | Meant | Meant | To signify To intend |
Meet | Met | Met | To make somebody's acquaintance To be in the same place as somebody |
Melt | Melted | Molten/Melted | To change from solid into a liquid as the temperature goes up |
Misbecome | Misbecame | Misbecome | Not to suit |
Miscast | Miscast | Miscast | To choose the wrong actor for a role |
Mischoose | Mischose | Mischosen | To choose wrongly |
Miscut | Miscut | Miscut | To cut something wrongly or badly |
Misdeal | Misdealt | Misdealt | To distribute playing cards wrongly in a game |
Misdo | Misdid | Misdone | To harm or injure |
Misfall | Misfell | Misfallen | To happen unluckily |
Misfeed | Misfed | Misfed | To feed incorrectly To jam printers, photocpiers, etc, by feeding the paper incorrectly |
Misgive | Misgave | Misgiven | To become suspicious or worried |
Mishear | Misheard | Misheard | To hear something incorrectly |
Mishit | Mishit | Mishit | To hit a ball badly or inaccurately |
Misknow | Misknew | Misknown | To have the wrong idea about something |
Mislay | Mislaid | Mislaid | To lose or put something where you cannot find it |
Mislead | Misled | Misled | To make someone behave wrongly To deceive |
Mislearn | Mislearnt/Mislearned | Mislearnt/Mislearned | To learn wrongly |
Misread | Misread | Misread | To read something incorrectly |
Missay | Missaid | Missaid | To say something incorrectly To talk badly about someone |
Missend | Missent | Missent | To send to the wrong place or person |
Misset | Misset | Misset | To set or place wrongly or incorrectly |
Misspeak | Misspoke | Misspoken | To say or pronounce something wrongly To say something that is incorrect or inaccurate |
Misspell | Misspelt/Misspelled | Misspelt/Misspelled | To write a word without using the correct letters |
Misspend | Misspent | Misspent | To waste time or money |
Misswear | Misswore | Missworn | To swear or make an oath falsely |
Mistake | Mistook | Mistaken | Not to understand To confuse somebody with someone else |
Misteach | Mistaught | Mistaught | To teach wrongly or incorrectly |
Mistell | Mistold | Mistold | To tell something wrongly |
Misthink | Misthought | Misthought | To have mistaken thoughts or ideas |
Misunderstand | Misunderstood | Misunderstood | Not to understand |
Miswear | Misswore | Misworn | To wear badly |
Miswed | Miswed/Miswedded | Miswed/Miswedded | To marry wrongly |
Miswrite | Miswrote | Miswritten | To write something incorrectly |
Moonlight | Moonlit | Moonlit | To have a second job or to work illegally without paying tax |
Mow | Mowed | Mown | To cut grass or cereals |
N
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Naysay | Naysaid | Naysaid | To oppose or criticise |
Nose-dive | Nose-dived/Nose-dove | Nose-dived/Nose-dove | To dive or plunge nose first (aircraft) |
O
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Offset | Offset | Offset | To compenaste or counterbalance |
Outbid | Outbid | Outbid | To offer more money than someone in an auction or sale |
Outbreed | Outbred | Outbred | To breed faster than others |
Outdo | Outdid | Outdone | To do better than someone |
Outdraw | Outdrew | Outdrawn | To pull out To pull a gun faster than an opponent |
Outdrink | Outdrank | Outdrunk | To drink more than someone else, usually alcohol |
Outdrive | Outdrove | Outdriven | To drive faster or better |
Outfight | Outfought | Outfought | To fight better than someone |
Outfly | Outflew | Outflown | To fly faster or further |
Outgrow | Outgrew | Outgrown | To grow faster than something or someone To become too big or mature for something |
Outlay | Outlaid | Outlaid | To spend money for a particular purpose |
Outleap | Outleapt/Outleaped | Outleapt/Outleaped | To jump or leap further or higher |
Output | Output/Outputted | Output/Outputted | To put out or produce |
Outride | Outrode | Outridden | To ride faster than someone |
Outrun | Outran | Outrun | To run or go faster than someone |
Outsee | Outsaw | Outseen | To see further To have greater foresight |
Outsell | Outsold | Outsold | To sell more than something or someone |
Outshine | Outshone | Outshone | To be better than someone |
Outshoot | Outshot | Outshot | To shoot faster or better |
Outsing | Outsang | Outsung | To sing better or louder than someone |
Outsit | Outsat | Outsat | To sit for longer than someone |
Outsleep | Outslept | Outslept | To sleep for longer than someone |
Outsmell | Outsmelt/Outsmelled | Outsmelt/Outsmelled | To have a better sense of smell |
Outspeak | Outspoke | Outspoken | To speak better or more than someone |
Outspeed | Outsped | Outsped | To go faster than someone or something |
Outspend | Outspent | Outspent | To spend more than someone |
Outspin | Outspun | Outspun | To finish or die |
Outspring | Outsprang | Outsprung | To spring or jump out |
Outstand | Outstood | Outstood | To be clearly different or better |
Outswear | Outswore | Outsworn | To exceed someone in swearing- oaths or bad language |
Outswim | Outswam | Outswum | To swim faster or further than someone |
Outtell | Outtold | Outtold | To be better or exceed in telling or calculating |
Outthink | Outthought | Outthought | To think better ideas than someone |
Outthrow | Outthrew | Outthrown | To throw further or more accurately |
Outwear | Outwore | Outworn | To last longer (of materials, clothes, etc) |
Outwind | Outwound | Outwound | To unloose |
Outwork | Outworked/Outwrought | Outworked/Outwrought | To work harder or better |
Outwrite | Outwrote | Outwritten | To be better at writing |
Overbear | Overbore | Overborne | To use force or authority to control |
Overbid | Overbid | Overbid | To bid more something is worth To bid more than you can win in a card game |
Overblow | Overblew | Overblown | To become subdued To blow away To force too much |
Overbreed | Overbred | Overbred | To breed too much so that features become excessive |
Overbuild | Overbuilt | Overbuilt | To build too much, overdevelop |
Overbuy | Overbought | Overbought | To buy too much To pay too much |
Overcast | Overcast | Overcast | To become cloudy To sew with overcast stitiches (long slanting stitches) |
Overcome | Overcame | Overcome | To master a problem or difficult situation To become helpless because of excessive emotions or physical difficulties |
Overcut | Overcut | Overcut | To cut down more trees than permitted |
Overdo | Overdid | Overdone | To do something to excess To cook something too much |
Overdraw | Overdrew | Overdrawn | To take money out of an account so that a negative balance results |
Overdrink | Overdrank | Overdrunk | To drink too much |
Overdrive | Overdrove | Overdriven | To drive or work something too hard |
Overeat | Overate | Overeaten | To eat too much |
Overfeed | Overfed | Overfed | To give too much food |
Overfly | Overflew | Overflown | To fly over a place |
Overgrow | Overgrew | Overgrown | To grow too big or beyond a limit or boundary |
Overhang | Overhung | Overhung | To be above something |
Overhear | Overheard | Overheard | To hear something accidently that was not said to you |
Overlay | Overlaid | Overlaid | To cover something with a layer |
Overleap | Overleapt/Overleaped | Overleapt/Overleaped | To jump over |
Overlearn | Overlearnt/Overlearned | Overlearnt/Overlearned | To continue learning afer having reached a basic proficiency |
Overlie | Overlay | Overlain | To lie on top of To kill by lying on top of |
Overpass | Overpast/Overpassed | Overpast/Overpassed | To cross, pass over |
Overpay | Overpaid | Overpaid | To pay too much |
Override | Overrode | Overridden | To ride through an enemy's country |
Overrun | Overran | Overrun | To flood To invade and take control |
Oversee | Oversaw | Overseen | To observe people's work to make sure that it is done properly |
Oversell | Oversold | Oversold | To sell too much To publicise too much |
Overset | Overset | Overset | To overpower |
Oversew | Oversewed | Oversewn/Oversewed | To sew two edges together with stitches overlapping both |
Overshoot | Overshot | Overshot | To go past a limit |
Oversleep | Overslept | Overslept | To sleep too late |
Oversow | Oversowed | Oversown/Oversowed | To sow on land that has already be sown |
Overspeak | Overspoke | Overspoken | To speak too long or use too many words |
Overspend | Overspent | Overspent | To spend more than allowed or budgeted |
Overspill | Overspilt/Overspilled | Overspilt/Overspilled | To spill over To have a population that exceeds the space available |
Overspin | Overspun | Overspun | To make something last too long |
Overspread | Overspread | Overspread | To cover something |
Overspring | Oversprang | Oversprung | To jump over |
Overstand | Overstood | Overstood | Lose a sale of deal by sticking to a price or conditions unacceptable to the other party |
Overstrew | Overstrewed | Overstrewed/Overstrewn | To sprinkle or strew something onto another thing |
Overstride | Overstrode | Overstridden | To walk across or over To walk faster than someone To dominate |
Overstrike | Overstruck | Overstruck | To stamp a new value or inscription on a old coin |
Overstring | Overstrung | Overstrung | To tie a string too tightly To string piano bass strings across treble strings |
Overtake | Overtook | Overtaken | To pass a vehicle that is going more slowly |
Overthink | Overthought | Overthought | To think or plan too much |
Overthrow | Overthrew | Overthrown | To remove someone forcibly from government or power |
Overwear | Overwore | Overworn | To wear something too much or often, or wear it out |
Overwind | Overwound | Overwound | To wind a clock or something too much so it strains the spring |
Overwithhold | Overwithheld | Overwithheld | To deduct too much tax from a payment or salary |
Overwrite | Overwrote | Overwritten | To record data on top of existing data, erasing the original |
P
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Partake | Partook | Partaken | To take part in something or a part of something, usually food |
Pay | Paid | Paid | To give somebody money in exchange for things or services |
Pen | Pent/Penned | Pent/Penned | To shut up or enclose in a cage, etc |
Pinch-hit | Pinch-hit | Pinch-hit | To bat instead of a player in baseball, especially when a hit is needed |
Plead | Pled/Pleaded | Pled/Pleaded | To tell a court that you are guilty or innocent To ask for special treatment by authorities, etc. |
Potshot | Potshot/Potshotted | Potshot | To shoot at random To criticise at random |
Practice-teach | Practice-taught | Practice-taught | To teach as part of training |
Prebind | Prebound | Prebound | To bind before |
Prebuild | Prebuilt | Prebuilt | Prefabricate |
Precut | Precut | Precut | To cut something before selling or assembling it |
Predo | Predid | Predone | To do something before a certain time of stage |
Premake | Premade | Premade | To make something before a time or stage |
Prepay | Prepaid | Prepaid | To pay for something using it |
Presell | Presold | Presold | To sell before a certain time |
Preset | Preset | Preset | To arrange something before it is needed |
Preshrink | Preshrank | Preshrunk | To shrink a fabric before selling it so that it will not become smaller when washed |
Presplit | Presplit | Presplit | To split or divide before a certain time |
Price-cut | Price-cut | Price-cut | To cut or reduce prices |
Proofread | Proofread | Proofread | To read something checking carefully for mistakes |
Prove | Proved | Proven/Proved | To demonstrate that something is true |
Put | Put | Put | To place something in a specific position |
Q
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Quick-freeze | Quick-froze | Quick-frozen | To freeze something rapidly |
Quit | Quit | Quit | To stop doing something To resign from a job |
R
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Rap | Rapped/Rapt | Rapped/Rapt | To be very affected by strong emotion |
Re-prove | Re-proved | Re-proven/Re-proved | To prove again |
Read | Read | Read | To look at written words and understand them |
Reave | Reft/Reaved | Reft/Reaved | To deprive To take by force |
Reawake | Reawoke | Reawoken/Reawaken | To wake up again |
Rebid | Rebid | Rebid | To bid again |
Rebind | Rebound | Rebound | To cover a book again |
Rebroadcast | Rebroadcast | Rebroadcast | To transmit something on televison or the radio again |
Rebuild | Rebuilt | Rebuilt | To build something again |
Recast | Recast | Recast | To replace an actor or actress |
Recut | Recut | Recut | To cut again or differently |
Redd | Redd/Redded | Redd/Redded | To save or rescue |
Redeal | Redealt | Redealt | To deal playing cards again |
Redo | Redid | Redone | To do something again |
Redraw | Redrew | Redrawn | To draw again To change boundaries, frontiers, etc |
Reeve | Rove/Reeved | Rove/Reeved | To gather together To thread something through a hole |
Refit | Refit | Refit | To repair a ship, plane or vehicle To fit something again |
Regrind | Reground | Reground | To grind again To smooth worn engine parts |
Regrow | Regrew | Regrown | To grow again |
Rehang | Rehung | Rehung | To hang again or in a different position |
Rehear | Reheard | Reheard | To hear something again |
Reknit | Reknit/Reknitted | Reknit/Reknitted | To knit again To join back together |
Relay | Relaid | Relaid | To operate a system where things are replaced as they become used or tired |
Relearn | Relearnt/Relearned | Relearnt/Relearned | To learn again |
Relight | Relit/Relighted | Relit/Relighted | To light or start something burning again |
Remake | Remade | Remade | To make something again, such as a new version of a film |
Rend | Rent | Rent | To tear or rip |
Repay | Repaid | Repaid | To pay somebody money owed |
Reread | Reread | Reread | To read again |
Rerun | Reran | Rerun | To show a film again |
Resell | Resold | Resold | To sell something again |
Resend | Resent | Resent | To send something again |
Reset | Reset | Reset | To put something back to the original way it was organised |
Resew | Resewed | Resewn/Reswed | To sew again |
Reshoot | Reshot | Reshot | To shoot a film scene again |
Resit | Resat | Resat | To take an exam or test again |
Resow | Resowed | Resown/Resowed | To sow again |
Respell | Respelled/Respelt | Respelled/Respelt | To spell again |
Restring | Restrung | Restrung | To fit new strings on a musical instrument or a bow |
Retake | Retook | Retaken | Take again, especially exams and tests |
Reteach | Retaught | Retaught | To teach again |
Retear | Retore | Retorn | To tear again, usually of injuries |
Retell | Retold | Retold | To tell something again |
Rethink | Rethought | Rethought | To think again |
Retread | Retrod | Retrodden | To tread again To cut new tread in a tyre |
Retrofit | Retrofit/Retrofitted | Retrofit/Retrofitted | To fit new parts into an older machine that weren't available when the machine was made |
Rewake | Rewoke/Rewaked | Rewoken/Rewaked | To wake again |
Rewear | Rewore | Reworn | To wear again |
Reweave | Rewove/Reweaved | Rewoven/Reweaved | To weave again |
Rewed | Rewed/Rewedded | Rewed/Rewedded | To marry again |
Rewet | Rewet/Rewetted | Rewet/Rewetted | To wet again |
Rewin | Rewon | Rewon | To win again |
Rewind | Rewound | Rewound | To put a cassette or video back to the beginning |
Rewrite | Rewrote | Rewritten | To write something again, usually with improvements |
Rid | Rid/Ridded | Rid/Ridded | To dispose of |
Ride | Rode | Ridden | To travel by horse, bike or motorbike |
Ring | Rang | Rung | To telephone To make sounds with a bell |
Rise | Rose | Risen | To move upwards |
Rive | Rived | Riven/Rived | To break apart ot split |
Rough-hew | Rough-hewed | Rough-hewn | To make a rough version of something |
Roughcast | Roughcast | Roughcast | To prepare a rough form of something |
Run | Ran | Run | To move quickly, so that both legs leave the ground |
S
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Sand-cast | Sand-cast | Sand-cast | To make a cast by pouring metal into a mold made of sand. |
Saw | Sawed | Sawn/Sawed | To cut wood, etc, with a tool |
Say | Said | Said | To speak words |
See | Saw | Seen | To notice with your eyes |
Seek | Sought | Sought | To try to find something |
Self-feed | Self-fed | Self-fed | To feed itself without assistance |
Self-sow | Self-sowed | Self-sown/Self-sowed | To sow itself without assistance |
Sell | Sold | Sold | To receive money in exchange for goods |
Send | Sent | Sent | To cause something to be taken to a specific destination, especially letters, message, etc. |
Set | Set | Set | To place something somewhere To fix something in a particular position |
Sew | Sewed | Sewn/Sewed | To join pieces of material together using thread |
Shake | Shook | Shaken | To vibrate To make something vibrate |
Shave | Shaved | Shaven/Shaved | To remove body hair |
Shear | Shore/Sheared | Shorn/Sheared | To cut with scissors, especially wool from sheep |
Shed | Shed | Shed | To fall off or let something fall off; snakes shed their skin |
Shend | Shent | Shent | To shame or disgrace |
Shew | Shewed | Shewn/Shewed | Show |
Shine | Shone | Shone | To give off or reflect bright light |
Shit | Shat/Shit | Shat/Shit | To get rid of solid body waste |
Shoe | Shod | Shod | To provide with shoes, especially horses |
Shoot | Shot | Shot | To fire a bullet from a gun To kill or hurt somebody with a gun |
Shortcut | Shortcut | Shortcut | To use a shorter or quicker way of going somehere or doing something |
Show | Showed | Shown | To allow somebody to see something so that they can become aware of it |
Shrink | Shrank | Shrunk | To become smaller To make something smaller |
Shrive | Shrove | Shriven | To confess or listen to a confession, a religious term |
Shut | Shut | Shut | To close something |
Sidewind | Sidewound | Sidewound | To move like the sidewinder snake |
Sight-read | Sight-read | Sight-read | To read music |
Sightsee | Sightsaw | Sightseen | To visit famous monuments, etc |
Sing | Sang | Sung | To make music with your voice |
Sink | Sank | Sunk | To move downwards in water To make something move downwards in water |
Sit | Sat | Sat | To support your body with your buttocks not your feet, with the back in a vertical position as on a chair |
Skywrite | Skywrote | Skywritten | To write in the sky with smoke |
Slay | Slew | Slain | To kill |
Sleep | Slept | Slept | To be in a relaxed state with your eyes closed |
Slide | Slid | Slid/Slidden | To move on a smooth surface, such as ice |
Sling | Slung | Slung | To throw something somewhere |
Slink | Slunk | Slunk | To move in a suspicious and guilty way |
Slit | Slit | Slit | To make a long thin cut in something |
Smell | Smelt/Smelled | Smelt/Smelled | To detect odours with your nose To emit odours |
Smite | Smote | Smitten | To hit |
Snapshoot | Snapshot | Snapshot | Take a quick photograph |
Sneak | Sneaked/Snuck | Sneaked/Snuck | To move around guiltily or to avoid being noticed |
Soothsay | Soothsaid | Soothsaid | To predict the future |
Sow | Sowed | Sown | To plant seeds in the ground to produce plants or cereals |
Speak | Spoke | Spoken | To say words with your mouth To be able to use a language |
Speed | Sped/Speeded | Sped/Speeded | To move quickly To drive faster than legally permitted |
Spell | Spelt/Spelled | Spelt/Spelled | To use the correct combination of letters for a word |
Spellbind | Spellbound | Spellbound | To put into a trance or captivate |
Spend | Spent | Spent | To Use money to buy things To use time or energy doimg something |
Spill | Spilt/Spilled | Spilt/Spilled | To allow liquids out of their containers accidentally |
Spin | Span/Spun | Spun | To turn repeatedly in circles around a fixed point To make something turn repeatedly in circles |
Spit | Spat/Spit | Spat/Spit | To eject saliva, liquid or food from the mouth |
Split | Split | Split | To divide To break open |
Spoil | Spoilt/Spoiled | Spoilt/Spoiled | To let something go bad To go bad |
Spoonfeed | Spoonfed | Spoonfed | To give someone information in small and very easy bits |
Spread | Spread | Spread | To cover the surface of one thing with something else, like butter on bread |
Spring | Sprang | Sprung | To jump To become active |
Stall-feed | Stall-fed | Stall-fed | To feed or fatten an animal in a stall |
Stand | Stood | Stood | To be in a vertical position with the weight on the feet To get into this position |
Stave | Stove/Staved/Stoved | Stove/Staved/Stoved | To break a hole in something |
Steal | Stole | Stolen | To take property or money that is not yours |
Stick | Stuck | Stuck | To attach things with glue To insert a sharp object into something |
Sting | Stung | Stung | To feel pain caused by an insect or plant or in a particular part of the body |
Stink | Stank | Stunk | To smell very badly |
Straphang | Straphung | Straphung | To hold a strap for support |
Strew | Strewed | Strewn/Strewed | To distribute things randomly over a surface |
Stride | Strode/Strided | Stridden | To walk confidently |
Strike | Struck | Struck/Stricken | To stop working as a protest about working conditions To hit |
String | Strung | Strung | To attach something using a cord |
Strip | Stript/Stripped | Stript/Stripped | To undress To remove the covering of something |
Strive | Strove | Striven | To try very hard to do something |
Sublet | Sublet | Sublet | To rent something you have rented |
Sunburn | Sunburned/Sunburnt | Sunburned/Sunburnt | To get red skin from being in the sun for too long |
Swear | Swore | Sworn | To use words which are regarded as offensive To promise |
Sweat | Sweat/Sweated | Sweat/Sweated | To perspire |
Sweep | Swept/Sweeped | Swept/Sweeped | To clean floors using a brush |
Swell | Swelled | Swollen | To increase in size usually by filling with liquids or gases |
Swim | Swam | Swum | To travel in water by moving your arms and legs |
Swing | Swung | Swung | To move from side to side from a fixed point |
Swink | Swank/Swonk | Swonken | To work, toil or labour |
Switch-hit | Switch-hit | Switch-hit | To bat right-handed against a left-handed bowler, or vice versa, in baseball |
T
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Take | Took | Taken | To perform an action To acquire |
Teach | Taught | Taught | To instruct or train somebody |
Team-teach | Team-taught | Team-taught | To teach with more than one teacher for the class or group |
Tear | Tore | Torn | To make a hole or divide material, paper, etc. |
Telecast | Telecast/Telecasted | Telecast/Telecasted | To broadcast on TV |
Tell | Told | Told | To give somebody information |
Test-drive | Test-drove | Test-driven | To drive a car to test it before buying |
Test-fly | Test-flew | Test-flown | To test a plane |
Think | Thought | Thought | To have an opinion To use the brain |
Thrive | Throve/Thrived | Thriven/Thrived | To do very well because the circumstances or situation is right |
Throw | Threw | Thrown | To cause an object to leave your hand in such a way that it travels through the air |
Thrust | Thrust | Thrust | To push with force |
Thunderstrike | Thunderstruck | Thunderstruck/Thunderstricken | To strike with lightning To shock |
Tine | Tint/Tined | Tint/Tined | To shut |
Toss | Tossed/Tost | Tossed/Tost | Throw around |
Tread | Trod | Trodden | To put your foot down |
Troubleshoot | Troubleshot | Troubleshot | To solve a problem |
Typecast | Typecast | Typecast | To give an actor the same sort of role repeatedly |
Typeset | Typeset | Typeset | To compose type for printing |
Typewrite | Typewrote | Typewritten | To write with a typewriter |
U
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Unbear | Unbore | Unborn/Unborne | To remove a horse's rein and straps |
Unbend | Unbent | Unbent | To retore something to its original shape that has been distorted |
Unbind | Unbound | Unbound | To set something free To untie, remove ropes, chains, etc.. |
Unbuild | Unbuilt | Unbuilt | To demolish |
Unclothe | Unclad/Unclothed | Unclad/Unclothed | To remove clothes |
Underbid | Underbid | Underbid/Underbidden | To offer less money in an auction or sale |
Underbuy | Underbought | Underbought | To buy for less than the real value |
Undercut | Undercut | Undercut | To sell at a cheaper price than a competitor |
Underdelve | Underdelved | Underdolven/Underdelved | To dive, dig, explore under something |
Underdo | Underdid | Underdone | To do less than necessary Not to cook enough |
Underfeed | Underfed | Underfed | To give too little food to someone or an animal |
Undergird | Undergirt/Undergirded | Undergirt/Undergirded | To make something secure underneath To give moral support |
Undergo | Underwent | Undergone | To suffer or go through an unpleasant experience, such as surgery |
Underlay | Underlaid | Underlaid | To put underneath something |
Underlet | Underlet | Underlet | To rent for less than the real value |
Underlie | Underlay | Underlain | To be the real reason, meaning or idea behind something, usually hidden or not clear |
Underpay | Underpaid | Underpaid | To pay someone too little or pay less than the price |
Underrun | Underran | Underrun | To pass or flow underneath something |
Undersell | Undersold | Undersold | To sell at a lower price than a competitor |
Undershoot | Undershot | Undershot | To shoot too short Not to reach a traget |
Underspend | Underspent | Underspent | To sepnd less money than allocated in the department or company's budget |
Understand | Understood | Understood | To know or come to know the meaning of something |
Undertake | Undertook | Undertaken | To accept responsibility for doing something |
Underthrust | Underthrust | Underthrust | To insert faulted rock under a passive rock mass |
Underwrite | Underwrote | Underwritten | To accept part or all of a financial risk, especially insurance |
Undo | Undid | Undone | To ruin somebody's reputation To 'open' clothes or shoes before taking them off |
Undraw | Undrew | Undrawn | To open a curtain To withdraw |
Undraw | Undrew | Undrawn | To open, draw back (curtains, etc) |
Unfreeze | Unfroze | Unfrozen | To make assets availably for use To thaw something |
Unhang | Unhung | Unhung | To remove something that is hanging |
Unhide | Unhid | Unhidden | To expose something that was hidden |
Unhold | Unheld | Unheld | To stop holding or not to hold |
Unknit | Unknit/Unknitted | Unknit/Unknitted | To untie |
Unlade | Unladed | Unladen/Unladed | To remove cargo, unload |
Unlay | Unlaid | Unlaid | To untwist a rope |
Unlearn | Unlearnt/Unlearned | Unlearnt/Unlearned | To try to forget or change a habit or something that had been learned |
Unmake | Unmade | Unmade | To remove a decision |
Unreeve | Unrove/Unreeved | Unrove/Unreeved | To remove a rope from a hook |
Unsay | Unsaid | Unsaid | Not to say something To take back something that you said |
Unsell | Unsold | Unsold | To convince someone that something is worthless or false |
Unsew | Unsewed | Unsewn/Unsewed | To undo someone sewed, remove the stitches |
Unsling | Unslung | Unslung | To remove something held in a sling |
Unspeak | Unspoke | Unspoken | To take back what has been said or not to say something |
Unspin | Unspun | Unspun | To untwist or unravel |
Unstick | Unstuck | Unstuck | To seperate things that have been stuck together To take off |
Unstring | Unstrung | Unstrung | To open something secured with string |
Unswear | Unswore | Unsworn | To take back an oath |
Unteach | Untaught | Untaught | To make someone forget something they have learned |
Unthink | Unthought | Unthought | To remove something from your mind |
Untread | Untrod | Untrodden | To tread back, retrace your steps |
Unweave | Unwove | Unwoven | To undo things that have been woven together |
Unwind | Unwound | Unwound | To relax |
Unwrite | Unwrote | Unwritten | To delete writing or not to write |
Upbuild | Upbuilt | Upbuilt | To build up, develop on a large scale |
Uphold | Upheld | Upheld | To support or confirm a decision |
Uppercut | Uppercut | Uppercut | To punch upwards towards someone's chin |
Uprise | Uprose | Uprisen | To get up, stand up, move up To return from the dead |
Upset | Upset | Upset | To make somebody unhappy or disturbed |
Upspring | Upsprang | Upsprung | To jump or spring up |
Upsweep | Upswept | Upswept | To sweep or brush upwards |
Uptear | Uptore | Uptorn | To tear into pieces |
V
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Vex | Vext/Vexed | Vext/Vexed | To trouble or annoy |
W
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Wake | Woke | Woken | To stop sleeping and become conscious To make somebody stop sleeping |
Waylay | Waylaid | Waylaid | To wait for or to stop somebody to rob them |
Wear | Wore | Worn | To have clothes on your body |
Weave | Wove | Woven | To make material |
Wed | Wed/Wedded | Wed/Wedded | To marry |
Weep | Wept | Wept | To cry heavily |
Wend | Wended/Went | Wended/Went | To go, make your way |
Wet | Wet/Wetted | Wet/Wetted | To make something wet by applying a liquid to it |
Whipsaw | Whipsawed | Whipsawn/Whipsawed | To cut with whipsaw (a saw for two people) To victimise |
Win | Won | Won | To be the best in a competition, game, election, etc. |
Wind | Wound | Wound | To turn something round to make a mechanical process operate |
Winterfeed | Winterfed | Winterfed | To feed cattle in the winter when they can't graze |
Wiredraw | Wiredrew | Wiredrawn | To make wire To make something last a long time, especially speech |
Wit | Wist | Wist | To know |
Withdraw | Withdrew | Withdrawn | To remove money from a bank To remove something from a place |
Withhold | Withheld | Withheld | Not to let somebody have something |
Withstand | Withstood | Withstood | To resist successfully |
Wont | Wont | Wont/Wonted | To be accustomed |
Work | Worked/Wrought | Worked/Wrought | To make physical or mental effort to produce or achieve something |
Wrap | Wrapped/Wrapt | Wrapped/Wrapt | To cover To transport emotionally |
Wreak | Wreaked | Wreaked/Wroken | To cause or make something happen |
Wring | Wrung | Wrung | To put a lot of pressure on something to remove liquids |
Write | Wrote | Written | To put words onto paper using a pen or pencil |
Z
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
Zinc | Zinced/Zincked | Zinced/Zincked | To coat or cover something with a layer of zinc |
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