Past tense of marble
regular verb
The past tense of marble is marbled. The past participle is also marbled.
Forms of marble
| Base form (V1) | marble /ˈmɑː.bəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | marbled |
| Past participle (V3) | marbled |
| Present participle | marbling |
| Third person singular | marbles |
Marbled in a sentence
- When Marmorkrebs, the parthogenetic marbled crayfish, were discovered, researchers immediately recognised their great potential to become an emerging model organism.2015, Steffen Harzsch, Jakob Krieger, Zen Faulkes, Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Inverterbrates, Vol. 4 - Ecdysozoa II…. From the entry marmorkrebs
- The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people.1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 9, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 34. From the entry aged
- Through meticulous research, Urban found that in some ponds the marbled salamander heavily preyed upon the spotted salamanders, until there were few left.2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018. From the entry marbled salamander
- Instead of freeing a beautiful slice of marbled meat, my knife unleashed a steaming avalanche of something brown and granular onto the platter.2003 January 4, Jim Kershner, “Happy Turducken Day”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.: Cowles Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry turducken
- Compared to the uniformity of modern plastics, the lightly marbled grain of true Bakelite feels organic: not something you'd expect from a substance whose real name is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.2008, Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, More Bollocks to Alton Towers: Far from the Sodding Crowd. From the entry polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
Meaning of marble
- noun A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
- noun A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
- noun Statues made from marble.
Questions about the past tense of marble
- What is the past tense of marble?
- The past tense of marble is marbled.
- What is the past participle of marble?
- The past participle of marble is marbled.
- Is marble a regular or irregular verb?
- Marble is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: marble (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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