Past tense of leg
regular verb
The past tense of leg is legged. The past participle is also legged.
Forms of leg
| Base form (V1) | leg /lɛɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | legged /ˈlɛɡɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | legged /ˈlɛɡɪd/ |
| Present participle | legging /ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | legs /lɛɡz/ |
Legged in a sentence
- I was led along to a big lanky thing, and with my heart thumping I was legged on to his back.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 31
- After snatching my handbag he just legged it.From the entry leg it
- As soon as I heard about the fire I legged it over here as fast as I could.From the entry leg it
- A robot which runs at a speed of over 29mph has set a new land-speed record for legged robots.From the entry legged
- His gray shape was a bandy legged bug crabbling up the dark cobblestones.2014, Darusha Wehm, Gary Cahill, Ian Creasey, Plan B Volume III: a mystery and crime anthology. From the entry crabble
Meaning of leg
- noun A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
- noun In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- noun The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
Questions about the past tense of leg
- What is the past tense of leg?
- The past tense of leg is legged.
- What is the past participle of leg?
- The past participle of leg is legged.
- Is leg a regular or irregular verb?
- Leg is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: leg (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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