Past tense of pound
regular verb
The past tense of pound is pounded. The past participle is also pounded.
Forms of pound
| Base form (V1) | pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pounded |
| Past participle (V3) | pounded |
| Present participle | pounding /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | pounds /paʊndz/ |
Pounded in a sentence
- She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- You really pounded that beer!
- Assigned to the riverfront precinct for years, he pounded a beat of backstreets and dockyards.From the entry pound a beat
- The joggers pounded the pavement for several miles each day.From the entry pound the pavement
- Assigned to the city desk for years, she pounded a beat of city council and mayoral activity, police blotters, and the like.From the entry pound a beat
Meaning of pound
- noun A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- noun Various non-English units of measure.
- noun A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
Questions about the past tense of pound
- What is the past tense of pound?
- The past tense of pound is pounded.
- What is the past participle of pound?
- The past participle of pound is pounded.
- Is pound a regular or irregular verb?
- Pound is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pound (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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