Past tense of bind
irregular verb
The past tense of bind is bound. The past participle is also bound.
Forms of bind
| Base form (V1) | bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bound /ˈbaʊ̯nd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bound /ˈbaʊ̯nd/ |
| Present participle | binding /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | binds /baɪndz/ |
Less standard forms: binded (nonstandard).
Bound in a sentence
- To bound out to service.
- The three novels were bound together.
- I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.From the entry bound
- We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.From the entry adieu
- Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.From the entry torture
Meaning of bind
- verb To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- verb To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- verb To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
Verbs like bind
Questions about the past tense of bind
- What is the past tense of bind?
- The past tense of bind is bound.
- What is the past participle of bind?
- The past participle of bind is bound.
- Is bind a regular or irregular verb?
- Bind is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
- Is binded correct?
- binded is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of bind is bound.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bind (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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