Past tense of bear
irregular verb
The past tense of bear is bore. The past participle is borne, born or bore.
Forms of bear
| Base form (V1) | bear /bɛə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bore /bɔː/ |
| Past participle (V3) | borne /bɔːn/ born /bɔːn/ bore /bɔː/ |
| Present participle | bearing /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | bears /bɛɹz/ |
Past tense of bear by meaning
- to carry or convey, literally or figuratively.: bore
- to endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.: beared
Bore and borne in a sentence
- The little boat bore us to our destination.
- This plant's light and fluffy seeds may be borne by the wind to remote islands.
- The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.From the entry bore
- My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.From the entry bore
- What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.From the entry bore
Meaning of bear
- noun A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous) of the family Ursidae; having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet.
- noun The meat of this animal.
- noun A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
Verbs like bear
Questions about the past tense of bear
- What is the past tense of bear?
- The past tense of bear is bore.
- What is the past participle of bear?
- The past participle of bear is borne, born or bore.
- Is bear a regular or irregular verb?
- Bear is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bear (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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