Past tense of evert
regular verb
The past tense of evert is everted. The past participle is also everted.
Forms of evert
| Base form (V1) | evert /ɪˈvɜːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | everted |
| Past participle (V3) | everted |
| Present participle | everting |
| Third person singular | everts |
Everted in a sentence
- The introvert is everted by hydraulic pressure exerted by contraction of body muscles on the coelomic fluid.2009, Lynn Marguli, Michael J Chapman, Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth, →ISBN. From the entry introvert
- It was whispered that men had been “vanished” by the Line and returned everted.2004, John Varley, The John Varley Reader, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry vanish
- The lips were only slightly everted, but thick and dark.1954, Ian Fleming, “Mister Big”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 64. From the entry everted
Meaning of evert
- verb To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- verb To move (someone or something) out of the way.
- verb To turn upside down; to overturn.
Questions about the past tense of evert
- What is the past tense of evert?
- The past tense of evert is everted.
- What is the past participle of evert?
- The past participle of evert is everted.
- Is evert a regular or irregular verb?
- Evert is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: evert (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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