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Past tense of lodge

regular verb

The past tense of lodge is lodged. The past participle is also lodged.

Forms of lodge

Base form (V1)lodge /lɒd͡ʒ/
Past tense (V2)lodged /lɑd͡ʒd/
Past participle (V3)lodged /lɑd͡ʒd/
Present participlelodging /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/
Third person singularlodges

Lodged in a sentence

  • The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.
  • I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.
  • The company claims it has hired several minorities since the complaint was lodged.From the entry minority
  • The locktenders awoke to a bargeful of timber lodged against their headgate.From the entry bargeful
  • Unfortunately, the pig sent to clear the obstruction got lodged in a tight bend, adding to the problem.From the entry pig

Meaning of lodge

  1. noun A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
  2. noun A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
  3. noun A local chapter of a trade union.

Full definition of lodge

Questions about the past tense of lodge

What is the past tense of lodge?
The past tense of lodge is lodged.
What is the past participle of lodge?
The past participle of lodge is lodged.
Is lodge a regular or irregular verb?
Lodge is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lodge (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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