Past tense of pit
regular verb
The past tense of pit is pitted. The past participle is also pitted.
Forms of pit
| Base form (V1) | pit /pɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pitted |
| Past participle (V3) | pitted |
| Present participle | pitting |
| Third person singular | pits /pɪts/ |
Pitted in a sentence
- Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
- Two of the greatest tennis players will be pitted against each other in next week's final.From the entry pit against
- Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.From the entry manzanilla
- When the paleae are shed, they may leave either a smooth or a pitted receptacle.2015, Robert H. Mohlenbrock, “Descriptions and Illustrations”, in Flowering Plants: Asteraceae, Part I (The Illustrated Flora of…. From the entry receptacle
- The pitted breast and arms of the morphineuse became a key element in the iconography of needle-dancing.2001, David Trotter, Paranoid Modernism, page 275. From the entry morphineuse
Meaning of pit
- noun A hole in the ground.
- noun An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
- noun The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
Questions about the past tense of pit
- What is the past tense of pit?
- The past tense of pit is pitted.
- What is the past participle of pit?
- The past participle of pit is pitted.
- Is pit a regular or irregular verb?
- Pit is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pit (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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