Past tense of chest
regular verb
The past tense of chest is chested. The past participle is also chested.
Forms of chest
| Base form (V1) | chest /t͡ʃɛst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | chested /ˈtʃɛst.ɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | chested /ˈtʃɛst.ɪd/ |
| Present participle | chesting /ˈt͡ʃɛstɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | chests /t͡ʃɛsts/ |
Chested in a sentence
- Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net.2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, in BBC
- The young Machoman in summer makes a beautiful sighting — bare chested, hat sparkling in the sun.1984, Julia Runk Jones, Milo Trump, Livingston's Field Guide to North American Males. From the entry macho man
- Skookum chested his cards, looked down into them with one bright eye.1930, Lowry Charles Wimberly, Prairie Schooner - Volumes 4-5, page 231. From the entry chest one's cards
- She was almost six feet tall, flat chested, long necked, and appeared rather rangily relaxed as she crouched for the start.1971, Richard D. Mandell, The Nazi Olympics, page 214. From the entry rangily
- Breasticles are entirely new to this game; one day I was happily flat chested and the next day I had these pointy things.2006, Amber Deckers, Ella Mental: And the Good Sense Guide, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 39–40. From the entry breasticle
Meaning of chest
- noun A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
- noun A coffin.
- noun The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
Questions about the past tense of chest
- What is the past tense of chest?
- The past tense of chest is chested.
- What is the past participle of chest?
- The past participle of chest is chested.
- Is chest a regular or irregular verb?
- Chest is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chest (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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