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Past tense of lig

regular verb

The past tense of lig is ligged, lag or lay. The past participle is also ligged, lag or lay.

Forms of lig

Base form (V1)lig /lɪɡ/
Past tense (V2)ligged
lag /læɡ/
lay /leɪ/
Past participle (V3)ligged
lag /læɡ/
lay /leɪ/
Present participleligging
Third person singularligs

Ligged and lag in a sentence

  • After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.From the entry shoot
  • Interest in the scandal will never lag.From the entry lag
  • Don't rez some enormous prop: it'll lag the server!From the entry rez
  • Jet lag is also known as circadian dysrhythmia.From the entry dysrhythmia
  • My phone is starting to lag.From the entry lag

Meaning of lig

  1. verb To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.
  2. verb To lay.
  3. verb To be a ligger or hanger-on; to freeload.

Full definition of lig

Questions about the past tense of lig

What is the past tense of lig?
The past tense of lig is ligged, lag or lay.
What is the past participle of lig?
The past participle of lig is ligged, lag or lay.
Is lig a regular or irregular verb?
Lig is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lig (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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