Cách học động từ bất quy tắc (Irregular Verbs) nhanh nhất hành tinh
Động từ được chia thành hai dạng - sử dụng có quy tắc và không theo quy tắc. Dạng động từ bất quy tắc có đến 360 từ phổ biến và hơn 600 từ được liệt kê đầy đủ (ngoài ra còn có thêm những từ mới khác).
Vậy làm thế nào phân biệt được hai dạng động từ bất quy tắc và động từ thường? Hãy cùng tham khảo một số điểm để xác định đúng hơn dạng có quy tắc hay bất quy tắc nhé.
A. Động từ CÓ QUY TẮT
Các động từ có quy tắc trong tiếng Anh được sử dụng ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc hiện tại hoàn thành hoặc các dạng bị động (câu bị động) thì đều có dạng chung là thêm đuôi “ed” vào đằng sau động từ đó.
Ví dụ:
Động từ | Quy tắc thêm đuôi “ed” |
---|---|
Cry | Cried |
Work | Worked |
Stop | Stopped |
Cook | Cooked |
Pull | Pulled |
Stay | Stayed |
Want | Wanted |
Look | Looked |
Prefer | Preferred |
B. Động từ BẤT QUY TẮT
1. Động từ bất quy tắc là gì?
Những động từ khi chuyển sang dạng quá khứ hoặc quá khứ phân từ mà không theo quy tắc chia đuôi “ed” được gọi là động từ bất quy tắc.
Đây là những động từ bắt buộc bạn phải học thuộc, ghi nhớ kỹ để áp dụng trong chia động từ theo thì (thì quá khứ - dùng thể quá khứ, V2 và các thì hoàn thành - sử dụng quá khứ phân từ II, viết tắt Vpii hoặc V3), chia theo cấu trúc câu để tránh sai lầm khi áp dụng cho bài thi của mình.
Ví dụ:
- ⌘ Thì hiện tại đơn: He sees a dog.
- ⌘ Thì quá khứ đơn: He saw a dog.
- ⌘ Thì hiện tại hoàn thành: He has seen a dog.
Động từ bất quy tắc là một phần quan trọng trong kiến thức về động từ mà các bạn cần ghi nhớ.
2. Làm thế nào để nhớ được động từ bất quy tắc?
Không có quy tắc nên bạn bắt buộc phải học thuộc các từ này. Để học được hiệu quả, bạn nên nhóm các từ theo cụm để dễ ghi nhớ hơn hoặc tìm cách nào đó mà bạn thấy thuận tiện để nhớ.
Chép lại bằng tay những động từ bất quy tắc khi lần đầu học. Bạn có thể học quyển 360 động từ bất quy tắc thông dụng - đây là những từ được dùng nhiều nhất. Việc chép lại và kẻ bảng ban đầu sẽ giúp bạn tự ghi nhớ lần 1.
2.1 Học theo nhóm
Cách học để nhớ lâu khuyến khích là chia các động từ theo nhóm như thế này, bạn thử nhớ xem sao nhé.
a. Động từ có V1 tận cùng là "ed" thì V2, V3 là "d"
Ví dụ:
V1 | V2 | V3 | Nghĩa |
---|---|---|---|
feed | fed | fed | nuôi dạy, cho ăn |
bleed | bled | bled | (làm) chảy máu |
breed | bred | bred | sinh, nuôi dạy |
b. Động từ V1 có tận cùng là "ay" thì V2, V3 là "aid"
Ví dụ:
V1 | V2 | V3 | Nghĩa |
---|---|---|---|
say | said | said | nói |
lay | laid | laid | đặt để |
c. Động từ V1 có tận cùng là "d" thì V2, V3 là "t"
Ví dụ:
V1 | V2 | V3 | Nghĩa |
---|---|---|---|
bend | bent | bent | uốn cong |
send | sent | sent | gửi |
d. Động từ V1 có tận cùng là "ow" thì V2 là "ew", V3 là "own"
Ví dụ:
V1 | V2 | V3 | Nghĩa |
---|---|---|---|
know | knew | known | hiểu biết |
blow | blew | blown | thổi |
grow | grew | grown | mọc, trồng |
throw | threw | thrown | liệng, ném, quăn |
e. Động từ V1 có tận cùng là "ear" thì V2 là "ore", V3 là "orn"
Ví dụ:
V1 | V2 | V3 | Nghĩa |
---|---|---|---|
bear | bore | born | mang, chịu (sanh đẻ) |
tear | tore | torn | xé rách |
Lưu ý: Động từ “Hear” là ngoại lệ: Hear (V1) → heard (V2) → heard (V3)
f. Động từ V1 có nguyên âm "i" thì V2 là "a", V3 là "u"
Ví dụ:
V1 | V2 | V3 | Nghĩa |
---|---|---|---|
begin | began | begun | bắt đầu |
drink | drank | drunk | uống |
sing | sang | sung | hát |
sink | sank | sunk | chìm |
g. Động từ có V1 tận cùng là "m" hoặc "n" thì V2, V3 giống nhau và thêm "t"
Ví dụ:
V1 | V2 | V3 | Nghĩa |
---|---|---|---|
dream | dreamt | dreamt | mơ, mơ mộng |
mean | meant | meant | ý nghĩa, ý muốn nói |
Có nhiều nguồn chia sẻ có đến 600 động từ bất quy tắc trong tiếng Anh tuy nhiên thì các bạn không cần học nhiều như thế, chỉ sử dụng các từ cơ bản hay gặp nhất thôi. Vì nhớ 600 động từ sẽ khá khó nên nhớ tầm 200 - 360 động từ bất quy tắc là đủ. Mà 360 là thông dụng nhất.
Bên cạnh việc phân nhóm để học thì bạn có thể sử dụng mẹo học khác như dưới đây.
2.2 Học chay mỗi ngày
Học 10 từ mỗi ngày, học thuộc từ. Bên cạnh đó, bạn kết hợp học song song với cách sử dụng của các thì quá khứ và hoàn thành để sử dụng luôn theo ngữ cảnh.
Bạn có thể ghi từ ở những nơi dễ nhớ để học được mọi lục mọi nơi.
Tuy nhiên, học thuộc không có nghĩa là bạn chỉ đọc đi đọc lại mỗi ngày 5 – 10 từ. Hãy biến việc học thuộc trở nên thú vị hơn bằng việc tự tạo cho mình một bảng động từ bất quy tắc riêng, viết lại ra giấy và cố gắng trang trí, diễn giả cụ thể nhất theo ý mình (bao gồm dạng nguyên thể, dạng quá khứ đơn và quá khứ hoàn thành). Chính việc tự chuẩn bị bảng này sẽ giúp bạn ghi nhớ lâu hơn và nắm được vị trí của từng từ bởi mỗi lần viết là một lần học.
Ngoài ra bạn nên giới hạn số lượng từ học mỗi ngày là từ 5-10 động từ (tương đương với 15 – 30 từ của 3 dạng), không nên cố gắng học “nhồi” quá nhiều một lúc bởi nếu học nhiều mà không có sự ôn tập mỗi ngày sẽ khiến lượng kiến thức ấy khó có thể đọng lại lâu dài.
Sau khi hoàn thành Bảng Động Từ Bất Quy Tắc, hãy nhìn bao quát và chọn ra từng nhóm từ có chung cách cấu thành dạng quá khứ và quá khứ hoàn thành để dễ dàng ghi nhớ hơn. Sau đó che đi phần dạng quá khứ hoặc dạng quá khứ hoàn thành trong quá trình ôn. Việc điền các từ còn thiếu bị che một cách ngẫu nhiên sẽ giúp bạn ghi nhớ lâu hơn và nhớ được bảng bất quy tắc một cách hệ thống.
2.3 Học qua các ứng dụng trên điện thoại
Hiện nay, chắc hẳn đa số các bạn đều sở hữu Smartphone phải không? Bên canh việc sử dụng cho giải trí, bạn nên tận dụng nguồn ứng dụng miễn phí để phục vụ cho việc học của mình. Chỉ cần vào CH Play (Đối với Android) và Appstore (Đối với IOS), bạn có thể thoải mái tìm kiếm những ứng dụng cho việc ghi nhớ động từ bất quy tắc của mình với từ khóa Irregular verbs.
Một trong những ứng dụng mình tâm đắc nhất đó là Irregular Verbs Words. Điều nổi bật của ứng dụng này đó là nó không chỉ cung cấp bảng động từ bất quy tắc vô cùng đầy đủ, nó còn tích hợp những dạng bài học từ theo sở thích của bạn (như học từng từ, học ngẫu nhiên hoặc chỉ học một số từ nhất định).
Bên cạnh đó, ứng dụng còn bao gồm những trò chơi đa dạng như điền từ, chọn từ thích hợp. Việc tải sẵn ứng dụng này sẽ giúp bạn có thể tranh thủ bất kì khoảng thời gian rảnh nào để ôn tập lại từ vựng mà không cần nhàm chán.
2.4 Học qua bài hát
Có 1 số bài hát sử dụng động từ trong đó có động từ bất quy tắc. Bạn có thể tham khảo:
Học rap qua kênh FluencyMC:
Học qua bài hát ngữ pháp ở kênh SchoolHouse Rock.
Học qua các bài học là một trong những cách nhanh nhất để giúp bạn ghi nhớ từ vựng. Bởi chắc hẳn các bạn đều thấy mình ghi nhớ bài hát nhanh hơn so với việc học từ vựng và ngữ pháp đúng không?
Thông qua việc học qua giai điệu, não cũng bạn sẽ có phản xạ tốt hơn khi gặp lại những từ đó trong tương lai. Về nguồn tài liệu học, hãy ghé thăm kênh Youtube và đánh từ khóa “Irregular verbs songs” để lựa chọn bài hát có giai điệu bắt tai và luyện nghe mỗi ngày nhé.
Tuy nhiên thì cách này sẽ không giúp bạn học hết được các động từ nên tham khảo học vui thôi nhé.
2.5 Học và nhớ từ qua trò chơi
Đây là một cách khá hay để học và vui hơn. Tuy nhiên thì bạn cần có mạng kết nối Internet với các nguồn sau để dễ học:
Trò chơi hỏi đáp quiz của British Council
Hướng dẫn học và chơi:
- ⌘ Bạn được cung cấp những động từ bất quy tắc thông dụng nhất ở trên.
- ⌘ Sau đó, bạn nhấn chỗ Iregular verbs và bắt đầu làm bài tập chọn các từ cùng nhóm.
- ⌘ Nhấn Finish để kết thúc, kiểm tra mình đã nhớ từ được tốt chưa.
Trò chơi có tên Jeopardy của Quia
Hướng dẫn học và chơi:
- ⌘ Bạn đăng nhập tên vào ô mục yêu cầu.
- ⌘ Chọn các câu hỏi động từ bất quy tắc bắt đầu bằng....và chơi lấy điểm.
Những cách này khá thú vị nhưng nếu so với cách tự học chay, phân nhóm thì nó chỉ hỗ trợ thêm giúp bạn kiểm tra lại và ghi nhớ các từ. Hãy thử nhé!
C. List of 616 English Irregular Verbs
A comprehensive list of 616 English irregular verbs, including their base form, past simple, past participle and definitions.
Base Form (V1) | Past Simple (V2) | Past Participle (V3) | Definition |
---|---|---|---|
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 To be a signal or symbol of something |
Bespeak | Bespoke | Bespoken | To set aside or reserve something |
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 |
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 |
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Gainsay | Gainsaid | Gainsaid | To contradict or deny |
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 |
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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 |
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Inbreed | Inbred | Inbred | To produce babies with health problems by sexual relations between close relatives |
Indwell | Indwelt | Indwelt | To inhabit To exist as a guiding principle |
Inhold | Inheld | Inheld | To have as an inherent characteristic |
Inlay | Inlaid | Inlaid | To put a different material inside another for decoration, with a flat surface |
Input | Input/Inputted | Input/Inputted | To enter data into a computer |
Inset | Inset | Inset | To put a picture or graphic inside a lerger one |
Interblend | Interblended/Interblent | Interblended/Interblent | To blend things together |
Interbreed | Interbred | Interbred | To mix species or groups sexually |
Intercut | Intercut | Intercut | To move between different scenes or stories in a film or narrative |
Intergrave | Intergraved | Intergraved/Intergraven | To carve or engrave in alternate sections |
Interlay | Interlaid | Interlaid | To place among or between things |
Interset | Interset | Interset | To set among or between things |
Interweave | Interwove | Interwoven | To join or mix together |
Interwind | Interwound | Interwound | To wind together or intertwine |
Inweave | Inwove/Inweaved | Inwoven/Inweaved | To weave things together |
Inwind | Inwound | Inwound | To wrap or coil around |
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Jerry-build | Jerry-built | Jerry-built | To build something cheaply and badly |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
Mow | Mowed | Mown | To cut grass or cereals |
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Naysay | Naysaid | Naysaid | To oppose or criticise |
Nose-dive | Nose-dived/Nose-dove | Nose-dived/Nose-dove | To dive or plunge nose first (aircraft) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Quick-freeze | Quick-froze | Quick-frozen | To freeze something rapidly |
Quit | Quit | Quit | To stop doing something To resign from a job |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 | Underwent | 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 | Underran | 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 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 | Unspun |
Unstick | Unstuck | Unstuck | To seperate things that have been stuck together To take off |
Unstring | Unstrung | Unstrung | To open something secured with string |
Unswear | Unswear | 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 dea |
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 |
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Vex | Vext/Vexed | Vext/Vexed | To trouble or annoy |
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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 | Wept |
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 victimis |
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 |
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Zinc | Zinced/Zincked | Zinced/Zincked | To coat or cover something with a layer of zinc |
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