Past tense of dash
regular verb
The past tense of dash is dashed. The past participle is also dashed.
Forms of dash
| Base form (V1) | dash /ˈdæʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dashed /dæʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | dashed /dæʃt/ |
| Present participle | dashing /ˈdæʃɪŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Third person singular | dashes /ˈdæʃɪz/ |
Dashed in a sentence
- He dashed across the field.
- As our train to Paris dashed through the labyrynthine flyovers at Porchefontaine, barely a mile from Versailles, the 75 m.p.h. limit was already almost attained.1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 670
- To represent an internal feature orthographically, dashed lines are used instead of solid ones.From the entry orthographically
- It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.From the entry dashed
- This was dashed on the street, along with my Chicago Brick.2018, A. Renež Olesiewicz, The Wonderer: A Darby, Baird & Co. Novel, page 142. From the entry Chicago brick
Meaning of dash
- noun Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
- noun A hyphen or minus sign.
- noun The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
Questions about the past tense of dash
- What is the past tense of dash?
- The past tense of dash is dashed.
- What is the past participle of dash?
- The past participle of dash is dashed.
- Is dash a regular or irregular verb?
- Dash is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dash (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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