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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