Past tense of inlay

Forms of inlay

Inlaid in a sentence

• Crowned and cuir. bust of king r., holding cruciger sceptre, crown inlaid with gold.1968, Seaby's Coin and Medal Bulletin. From the entry cruciger
• Those of tootnague are frequently inlaid with ornaments of copper, brass, bone, horn, tortoise-shell, or enamel.1924, Popular Series: Anthropology - Issues 18-20, page 30. From the entry tootnague
• He propped one elbow against the full belly of his two-string guimbri guitar, of inlaid ebony, strung with leopard gut.2005, Gardner Dozois, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN. From the entry guimbri
• A recent discovery is a bronze vessel with an inlaid gold ornament, excavated at Tou-ma-ts’un, Hsing-p’ing County, Shensi Province.[1973, Jan Fontein, Tung Wu, “Chou Bronzes”, in Unearthing China's Past, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54, column 3. From the entry Xingping
• And the fashionable amberware, inlaid with gold.1913 February 17, The Los Angeles Times, part II, page 7. From the entry amberware

Meaning of inlay

1. verb To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
2. verb To place an inlay in a tooth.
3. noun The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.

Full definition of inlay

Verbs like inlay

• say (said)
• pay (paid)
• lay (laid)
• hide (hid)
• slide (slid)
• repay (repaid)
• undo (undid)
• overlay (overlaid)
• redo (redid)

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Questions about the past tense of inlay

What is the past tense of inlay?

The past tense of inlay is inlaid.

What is the past participle of inlay?

The past participle of inlay is inlaid.

Is inlay a regular or irregular verb?

Inlay is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.