Past tense of mouth
regular verb
The past tense of mouth is mouthed. The past participle is also mouthed.
Forms of mouth
| Base form (V1) | mouth /maʊθ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mouthed |
| Past participle (V3) | mouthed |
| Present participle | mouthing |
| Third person singular | mouths /maʊðz/ |
Mouthed in a sentence
- He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
- The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
- Slowly and deliberately with no sound, he mouthed “olive juice.” “What does it look like?” he said.2014, Elle Kay, Where's My Happily Ever After?, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry olive juice
- I had my window open, and mouthed some obscenity towards him.a. 2007, “Jones” (former police officer; possible pseudonym), quoted in Tom Rennie, Governors, Guns and Money, Lulu.com, page 78. From the entry cut up
- Jeannie would say out loud, whenever I mouthed a name at her.1984, McCall's, volume 111, page 62. From the entry I know you are but what am I
Meaning of mouth
- noun The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
- noun The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
- noun An outlet, aperture or orifice.
Questions about the past tense of mouth
- What is the past tense of mouth?
- The past tense of mouth is mouthed.
- What is the past participle of mouth?
- The past participle of mouth is mouthed.
- Is mouth a regular or irregular verb?
- Mouth is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mouth (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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