Past tense of lounge
regular verb
The past tense of lounge is lounged. The past participle is also lounged.
Forms of lounge
| Base form (V1) | lounge /ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | lounged |
| Past participle (V3) | lounged |
| Present participle | lounging |
| Third person singular | lounges |
Lounged in a sentence
- On Professor Solanka’s street, well-heeled white youths lounged in baggy garments on roseate stoops, stylishly simulating indigence while they waited for the billionairedom that would surely be along sometime soon.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4
- As she lounged past Leila's car she cast an insolent glance at the Irish girl.2023 August 24, Pauline Lester, Marjorie Dean College Sophomore, BoD - Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 47
- The crow, Agar's woman, lounged across the street from the Trent mansion.1975, Michael Crichton, The Great Train Robbery. From the entry crow
- Now we lounged on the decks all the time, feet up on the rails while a string band played for us.2013, Reg Twigg, Survivor on the River Kwai, →ISBN. From the entry on the rails
- People lounged near the door, and handed out scraps of news to the unenfranchised, who stood outside in the gutter.1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 176. From the entry unenfranchised
Meaning of lounge
- verb To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
- verb To walk or go in a leisurely manner.
- noun A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
Questions about the past tense of lounge
- What is the past tense of lounge?
- The past tense of lounge is lounged.
- What is the past participle of lounge?
- The past participle of lounge is lounged.
- Is lounge a regular or irregular verb?
- Lounge is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lounge (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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