Past tense of pump
regular verb
The past tense of pump is pumped. The past participle is also pumped.
Forms of pump
| Base form (V1) | pump /pʌmp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pumped /pʌmpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | pumped /pʌmpt/ |
| Present participle | pumping /ˈpʌmpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | pumps /pʌmps/ |
Pumped in a sentence
- I've pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes.
- He pumped up the air-bed by hand, but used the service station air to pump up the tyres.
- Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.From the entry course
- The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.From the entry heater
- I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday.From the entry pumped
Meaning of pump
- noun A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
- noun An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping.
- noun A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
Questions about the past tense of pump
- What is the past tense of pump?
- The past tense of pump is pumped.
- What is the past participle of pump?
- The past participle of pump is pumped.
- Is pump a regular or irregular verb?
- Pump is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pump (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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