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Past tense of jar

regular verb

The past tense of jar is jarred. The past participle is also jarred.

Forms of jar

Base form (V1)jar /d͡ʒɑː/
Past tense (V2)jarred
Past participle (V3)jarred
Present participlejarring [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]
Third person singularjars /d͡ʒɑɹz/

Jarred in a sentence

  • Eating food that has been spoiled because it wasn't jarred properly correctly can result in the disease botulism.2014, Bridget Heos, “Getting Started”, in Jarring and Canning: Make Your Own Jams, Jellies, Pickles, and More (Urban Gardening and Farming...
  • I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since.
  • The jarred peppers should be firm enough to dice without falling apart under your knife.From the entry jarred
  • The thing's flesh jarred like teak, almost denting the Justicar's blade.2013, Paul Kidd, White Plume Mountain, →ISBN. From the entry justicar
  • Too much pumping iron jarred his brain loose!2002, James E. Wollrab, Malfeasance, page 91. From the entry pumping iron

Meaning of jar

  1. noun An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
  2. noun A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
  3. noun A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.

Full definition of jar

Questions about the past tense of jar

What is the past tense of jar?
The past tense of jar is jarred.
What is the past participle of jar?
The past participle of jar is jarred.
Is jar a regular or irregular verb?
Jar is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jar (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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