Past tense of bloom
regular verb
The past tense of bloom is bloomed. The past participle is also bloomed.
Forms of bloom
| Base form (V1) | bloom /bluːm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bloomed /bluːmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bloomed /bluːmd/ |
| Present participle | blooming /ˈbluː.mɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | blooms /bluːmz/ |
Bloomed in a sentence
- Shadows bloomed over the yard.
- Anger bloomed up from his throat.
- She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.From the entry nurse
- Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed.From the entry destruction
- The roses blooming before Rose herself bloomed was excellent foreshadowing.From the entry foreshadowing
Meaning of bloom
- noun A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- noun Flowers.
- noun The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
Questions about the past tense of bloom
- What is the past tense of bloom?
- The past tense of bloom is bloomed.
- What is the past participle of bloom?
- The past participle of bloom is bloomed.
- Is bloom a regular or irregular verb?
- Bloom is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bloom (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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