Past tense of rush
regular verb
The past tense of rush is rushed. The past participle is also rushed.
Forms of rush
| Base form (V1) | rush /ɹʌʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rushed /ɹʌʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | rushed /ɹʌʃt/ |
| Present participle | rushing /ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | rushes /ˈɹʌʃɪz/ |
Rushed in a sentence
- A detachment of cavalrymen rushed the enemy's position.
- They rushed him to Hospital Number 6, which is where they handled radiation patients.2026 May 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “Anatoli Bugorski Survived a 1978 Proton Beam to the Head and Kept Working Like Nothing Happened”, in Skip...
- I rushed to get to class on time, but the lesson had already begun.From the entry begin
- Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.From the entry hospital
- Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital.From the entry hospital
Meaning of rush
- noun A sudden forward motion.
- noun A surge.
- noun General haste.
Questions about the past tense of rush
- What is the past tense of rush?
- The past tense of rush is rushed.
- What is the past participle of rush?
- The past participle of rush is rushed.
- Is rush a regular or irregular verb?
- Rush is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rush (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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