Past tense of glove
regular verb
The past tense of glove is gloved. The past participle is also gloved.
Forms of glove
| Base form (V1) | glove /ɡlʌv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | gloved /ɡlʌvd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | gloved /ɡlʌvd/ |
| Present participle | gloving |
| Third person singular | gloves /ɡlʌvz/ |
Gloved in a sentence
- He gloved the line drive for the third out.
- Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
- Hold the bottle with the gloved hand and unscrew the top with the ungloved hand.From the entry ungloved
- The assassin's gloved hands closed throttlingly around the victim's throat.From the entry throttlingly
- Wrapped in thick knitting, scarfed, gloved, socked and booted I feel nothing.1985, New Writing Scotland, number 3, page 24. From the entry socked
Meaning of glove
- noun An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
- noun A baseball mitt.
- noun The ability to catch a hit ball.
Questions about the past tense of glove
- What is the past tense of glove?
- The past tense of glove is gloved.
- What is the past participle of glove?
- The past participle of glove is gloved.
- Is glove a regular or irregular verb?
- Glove is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glove (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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