Past tense of funnel
regular verb
The past tense of funnel is funneled or funnelled. The past participle is also funneled or funnelled.
Forms of funnel
| Base form (V1) | funnel /ˈfʌnəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | funneled funnelled |
| Past participle (V3) | funneled funnelled |
| Present participle | funneling |
| Third person singular | funnels |
Funneled and funnelled in a sentence
- Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.
- Like so many others, I was awestruck by the first season, which captured a moment in time and successfully funnelled its rage outwards at a world in which women are indeed silenced, controlled and killed by men.2018 June 16, Fiona Sturges, “Cattleprods! Severed tongues! Torture porn! Why I’ve stopped watching the Handmaid’s Tale”, in Katharine...
- Trade with Manchuria and China is funneled through the city to Korea.1968, “SINŬIJU”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 20, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 569. From the entry Manchuria
- Had an ambulance sitting next to me until the police funneled us down a lane and a half wide goat path to clear the highway.2003 August 17, JimF-xWSMbari, “The show review that wasn't”, in rec.arts.marching.drumcorps (Usenet), archived from the original on 30…. From the entry ambie
- Meanwhile, nearly fifty million dollars were also funnelled through mirror trades to the Khanani network, whose clients include associates of Hezbollah and the Taliban.2020 September 23, Ed Caesar, “The FinCEN Files Shed New Light on a Scandalous Episode at Deutsche Bank”, in The New Yorker, New York…. From the entry abject
Meaning of funnel
- noun A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.
- noun A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.
- verb To use a funnel.
Questions about the past tense of funnel
- What is the past tense of funnel?
- The past tense of funnel is funneled or funnelled.
- What is the past participle of funnel?
- The past participle of funnel is funneled or funnelled.
- Is funnel a regular or irregular verb?
- Funnel is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: funnel (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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