Past tense of finger
regular verb
The past tense of finger is fingered. The past participle is also fingered.
Forms of finger
| Base form (V1) | finger /ˈfɪŋɡəː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fingered /ˈfɪŋɡəd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | fingered /ˈfɪŋɡəd/ |
| Present participle | fingering |
| Third person singular | fingers /ˈfɪŋɡɚz/ |
Fingered in a sentence
- Feeling tender around the face, she fingered herself gingerly.2009, Win Blevins, Dreams Beneath Your Feet, page 135
- She fingered him, spreading the gel and sliding the tip of her finger inside him.2007, Madeline Bastinado, A Talent for Surrender, page 201
- We've got to do this, she thought as she fingered the kitten's striped fur.2013, Deborah Bedford, Blessing, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry nose around
- The driver middle fingered his rear-view mirror then he drove off.2002 October 8, Jim Kohl, chapter 16, in One Truth at a Time, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 107. From the entry middle-finger
- Compact 3 fingered fixed blades often with modified wharncliffes.2008 September 8, Joe Kertzman, Knives 2009, F+W Media, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry wharncliffe
Meaning of finger
- noun A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals.
- noun Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly.
- noun The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
Questions about the past tense of finger
- What is the past tense of finger?
- The past tense of finger is fingered.
- What is the past participle of finger?
- The past participle of finger is fingered.
- Is finger a regular or irregular verb?
- Finger is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: finger (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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