Past tense of hair
regular verb
The past tense of hair is haired. The past participle is also haired.
Forms of hair
| Base form (V1) | hair /ˈhɛə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | haired /hɛəd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | haired /hɛəd/ |
| Present participle | hairing |
| Third person singular | hairs |
Haired in a sentence
- I took 25 hides out of the Lime with Stephens help I haired them and fleshed them1971, Reuben King, Virginia S. Wood, Ralph V. Wood, The Reuben King Journal, 1800-1806, page 49
- So they did three different sculptures and then ran the masks and painted them, haired them, and sent them out to us.2014, Lee Karr, Greg Nicotero, The Making of George A. Romero's Day of the Dead
- Their tails are both indistinctly bicolored, but N. picta has a thinner and more haired tail.2014, Gerardo Ceballos, Mammals of Mexico, page 306. From the entry haired
- First comes an old woman on boarback, wild haired an bent.2012 October 30, Moira Young, Rebel Heart, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry boarback
- He's a real smoove nig, curly haired handsome, and got mad chick appeal.2009, Mary B. Morrison, Maneater, Detroit, M.I. […]: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 252. From the entry nig
Meaning of hair
- noun A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- noun The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for any part or the whole body.
- noun Specifically, the collection of hairs on the top and sides of the human head, growing from the scalp.
Questions about the past tense of hair
- What is the past tense of hair?
- The past tense of hair is haired.
- What is the past participle of hair?
- The past participle of hair is haired.
- Is hair a regular or irregular verb?
- Hair is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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