Past tense of horn
regular verb
The past tense of horn is horned. The past participle is also horned.
Forms of horn
| Base form (V1) | horn /hɔːn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | horned /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | horned /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/ |
| Present participle | horning |
| Third person singular | horns /hɔɹnz/ |
Horned in a sentence
- A goat is a horned animal.From the entry horned
- At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl.2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker. From the entry clothespin
- Narrowfruit horned beaksedge is very similar and occurs in similar habitats, but is less common.2012 February 1, Michael L. Schummer, Heath M. Hagy, K. Sarah Fleming, Joshua C. Cheshier, James T. Callicutt, “Beakrush, beaksedge…. From the entry beaksedge
- Broadfruit horned beaksedge is also similar but is restricted to the lower coastal plain areas of Mississippi.2012 February 1, Michael L. Schummer, Heath M. Hagy, K. Sarah Fleming, Joshua C. Cheshier, James T. Callicutt, “Beakrush, beaksedge…. From the entry beaksedge
- The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature.2006 January 7, Lady Sabrina, Exploring Wicca, Updated Edition, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry stang
Meaning of horn
- noun A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
- noun Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
- noun An antler.
Questions about the past tense of horn
- What is the past tense of horn?
- The past tense of horn is horned.
- What is the past participle of horn?
- The past participle of horn is horned.
- Is horn a regular or irregular verb?
- Horn is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horn (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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