The Most Enough Irregular Verbs List (620 verbs)

A
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 larger 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
Jerry-build
Jerry-built
Jerry-built
To build something cheaply and badly.
K
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
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
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
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
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 muchTo 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
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
Quick-freeze
Quick-froze
Quick-frozen
To freeze something rapidly.
Quit
Quit
Quit
To stop doing something. To resign from a job.
R
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
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 doing 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
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
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.
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 reputationTo '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 somethingTo 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
Vex
Vext/Vexed
Vext/Vexed
To trouble or annoy.
W
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 wireTo make something last a long time, especially speech.
Wit
Wist
Wist
To know.
Withdraw
Withdrew
Withdrawn
To remove money from a bankTo 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 coverTo 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
Zinc
Zinced/Zincked
Zinced/Zincked
To coat or cover something with a layer of zinc.