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Past tense of bag

regular verb

The past tense of bag is bagged. The past participle is also bagged.

Forms of bag

Base form (V1)bag /bæɡ/
Past tense (V2)bagged /bæɡd/
Past participle (V3)bagged /bæɡd/
Present participlebagging /ˈbæɡɪŋ/
Third person singularbags /bæɡz/

Bagged in a sentence

  • We bagged three deer yesterday.
  • the two opposition groups have bagged almost 300 of the 500 seats contested in the election.2023 May 14, Tan Tam Mei, “Thai election: Early results show opposition parties in the lead”, in The Straits Times
  • Vendors were selling sunglasses, bagged snacks, and sundry other items from handcarts in the square.From the entry handcart
  • The groceries had already been bagged.From the entry bagged
  • I bagged him as my bestie nice and early, before his uber glow-up.2017, Vicky Pattison, My Sister's Wedding, →ISBN. From the entry glow-up

Meaning of bag

  1. noun A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
  2. noun A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
  3. noun One's preference.

Full definition of bag

Questions about the past tense of bag

What is the past tense of bag?
The past tense of bag is bagged.
What is the past participle of bag?
The past participle of bag is bagged.
Is bag a regular or irregular verb?
Bag is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bag (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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