Past tense of mend
regular verb
The past tense of mend is mended. The past participle is also mended.
Forms of mend
| Base form (V1) | mend /mɛnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mended /ˈmɛndɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | mended /ˈmɛndɪd/ |
| Present participle | mending |
| Third person singular | mends /mɛndz/ |
Mended in a sentence
- When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended.
- The boy first remembered him as sitting in the door of the plantation blacksmith-shop, where he sharpened plow-points and mended tools and even did rough carpenter-work when he was not in the woods.1941 January 25, William Faulkner, “Go Down, Moses”, in Go Down, Moses, New York, N.Y.: Random House, published 1942 (3rd printing), →OCLC...
- A restful night's sleep mended his spirits.From the entry restful
- A midcrossing rudder failure could only be mended in becalmed seas.2014 July 18, Eric Stiller, Keep Australia On Your Left: A True Story of an Attempt to Circumnavigate Australia by Kayak, Tor Publishing…. From the entry midcrossing
- And furthermore, just because I agree to take a walk doesn't mean we've mended fences.2009, Elinor Lipman, The Family Man, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry mend fences
Meaning of mend
- verb To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
- verb To add fuel to (a fire).
- verb To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy.
Questions about the past tense of mend
- What is the past tense of mend?
- The past tense of mend is mended.
- What is the past participle of mend?
- The past participle of mend is mended.
- Is mend a regular or irregular verb?
- Mend is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
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