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Past tense of crust

regular verb

The past tense of crust is crusted. The past participle is also crusted.

Forms of crust

Base form (V1)crust /kɹʌst/
Past tense (V2)crusted /ˈkɹʌstɪd/
Past participle (V3)crusted /ˈkɹʌstɪd/
Present participlecrusting /ˈkɹʌstɪŋ/
Third person singularcrusts /kɹʌsts/

Crusted in a sentence

  • No controlled therapeutic studies for crusted scabies have been conducted, and the appropriate treatment remains unclear.2013, Bhushan Kumar, Somesh Gupta, Sexually Transmitted Infections, page 627. From the entry crusted
  • Theories explaining infiltration into layered or crusted soils have been developed .1980, Mario Francisco Lecuona Valenzuela, Theoretical and Experimental Models of Infiltration Into Crusted Soils, page 14. From the entry crusted
  • It shines all dull aluminum, scorched or crusted bakingware, whether greasy or black, whether old or new.1941 June, Better Homes & Gardens. From the entry bakingware
  • Concentric crusted structure may be formed in very different ways .1914, Franz Beyschlag, Johan Herman Lie Vogt, Paul Krusch, The deposits of the useful minerals & rocks, page 114. From the entry crusted
  • Crusted scabies is associated with greater transmissibility than scabies.2013, Bhushan Kumar, Somesh Gupta, Sexually Transmitted Infections, page 627. From the entry crusted

Meaning of crust

  1. noun A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  2. noun The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
  3. noun An outer layer composed of pastry.

Full definition of crust

Questions about the past tense of crust

What is the past tense of crust?
The past tense of crust is crusted.
What is the past participle of crust?
The past participle of crust is crusted.
Is crust a regular or irregular verb?
Crust is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: crust (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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