Past tense of launder
regular verb
The past tense of launder is laundered. The past participle is also laundered.
Forms of launder
| Base form (V1) | launder /ˈlɔːndə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | laundered |
| Past participle (V3) | laundered |
| Present participle | laundering |
| Third person singular | launders |
Laundered in a sentence
- Kathleen wore dungarees and her gingham skirt was laundered to an ectoplasmic degree.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 232. From the entry ectoplasmic
- Shaggytuft, a high pile shaggy surfaced cotton rug with a lustrous sheen which is laundered and pre-shrunk.1938, Rug Profits, volume 28. From the entry shaggytuft
- At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes.1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company…. From the entry lift
Meaning of launder
- noun A washerwoman or washerman.
- noun A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
- noun A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
Questions about the past tense of launder
- What is the past tense of launder?
- The past tense of launder is laundered.
- What is the past participle of launder?
- The past participle of launder is laundered.
- Is launder a regular or irregular verb?
- Launder is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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