Past tense of deface
regular verb
The past tense of deface is defaced. The past participle is also defaced.
Forms of deface
| Base form (V1) | deface /dɪˈfeɪs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | defaced |
| Past participle (V3) | defaced |
| Present participle | defacing /dɪˈfeɪsɪŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Third person singular | defaces |
Defaced in a sentence
- After the painting was defaced a decade ago, it went viral and has been a tourist attraction ever since.
- He defaced the I.O.U. notes by scrawling "void" over them.
- They defaced the garden fence with splatterings of paint.From the entry splattering
- We were watching the Capitol building get defaced over a lie.”2022 June 28, Luke Broadwater, Michael S. Schmidt, quoting Cassidy Hutchinson, “Trump Urged Armed Supporters to Capitol, White House Aide…. From the entry un-American
- Orton himself notoriously defaced library books before starting to write books himself.2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15. From the entry notoriously
Meaning of deface
- verb To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
- verb To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.
- verb To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.
Questions about the past tense of deface
- What is the past tense of deface?
- The past tense of deface is defaced.
- What is the past participle of deface?
- The past participle of deface is defaced.
- Is deface a regular or irregular verb?
- Deface is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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