Past tense of beard
regular verb
The past tense of beard is bearded. The past participle is also bearded.
Forms of beard
| Base form (V1) | beard /bɪəd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bearded /ˈbɪədɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bearded /ˈbɪədɪd/ |
| Present participle | bearding |
| Third person singular | beards |
Bearded in a sentence
- He was not to be bearded thus in his own seat of office.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)...
- I bearded the judge in his chambers and told him that it shouldn't be allowed.1963, Ross Macdonald, The Chill, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, page 92
- The bearded dragon will reach its adult length by one year.2008, Suzanne Buckingham, Meet the Bearded Dragon, page 20. From the entry beardy
- Its narratives frankly puzzled him—the parade of bearded kings and prophets, their curious ravings.1993, Carol Shields, chapter 3, in The Stone Diaries, page 85. From the entry parade
- In the corner sits a small bald, bearded man beheadphoned—Degas’s Absinthe Drinker in a Walkman.1990, J. B. Miller, My Life in Action Painting, New York, N.Y.: Grove Weidenfeld, →ISBN, page 173. From the entry beheadphoned
Meaning of beard
- noun Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
- noun The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
- noun The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
Questions about the past tense of beard
- What is the past tense of beard?
- The past tense of beard is bearded.
- What is the past participle of beard?
- The past participle of beard is bearded.
- Is beard a regular or irregular verb?
- Beard is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: beard (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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