A
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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