Past tense of refill
regular verb
The past tense of refill is refilled. The past participle is also refilled.
Forms of refill
| Base form (V1) | refill /ˈɹiː.fɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | refilled |
| Past participle (V3) | refilled |
| Present participle | refilling |
| Third person singular | refills |
Refilled in a sentence
- She refilled the jar with peanuts today evening.From the entry jar
- Water was provided in throwaway plastic bottles, but the more ecologically minded of us refilled our initial bottles from the fountain.From the entry throwaway
- 'I love yoooo,' she woozed in English, as Sergei, with a static grin, refilled my glass.2000, Marc Llewellyn, Riders to the Midnight Sun: From the Black Sea to the Russian Arctic. From the entry wooze
- He refilled his glass. ‘The fine is very good,’ he said.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 18. From the entry fine
- Material received by the BSF for ingest into storage, and the items being picked and refilled, are all processed in an ancillary hall next to the high-density storage area.2013, Michael Heaney, Catriona Jeanne Cannon, Transforming the Bodleian, page 78. From the entry ingest
Meaning of refill
- noun An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.
- noun Refuelling, fuel to refill an empty fuel tank (of a vehicle or machine) or other fuel container.
- noun A product intended to replace the used contents of a container or the exhausted supply of a device.
Questions about the past tense of refill
- What is the past tense of refill?
- The past tense of refill is refilled.
- What is the past participle of refill?
- The past participle of refill is refilled.
- Is refill a regular or irregular verb?
- Refill is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: refill (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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