Past tense of heel
regular verb
The past tense of heel is heeled. The past participle is also heeled.
Forms of heel
| Base form (V1) | heel /hiːl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | heeled /hiːld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | heeled /hiːld/ |
| Present participle | heeling /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | heels /hiːlz/ |
Heeled in a sentence
- she heeled her horse forward
- How telling is it that many women will volunteer for temporary disablement by wearing high heeled shoes that hobble them?2009, Stephen Bayley, The Telegraph, 24 Sep 09. From the entry will
- Tell Neal to come too if he is heeled.1949 September 26, William S. Burroughs, “To Jack Kerouac”, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New…. From the entry heeled
- I was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare him off and let me get away.1903, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, Norton, published 2005, page 896. From the entry heeled
Meaning of heel
- noun The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- noun The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- noun The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
Questions about the past tense of heel
- What is the past tense of heel?
- The past tense of heel is heeled.
- What is the past participle of heel?
- The past participle of heel is heeled.
- Is heel a regular or irregular verb?
- Heel is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: heel (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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