Past tense of sand
regular verb
The past tense of sand is sanded. The past participle is also sanded.
Forms of sand
| Base form (V1) | sand /sænd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sanded |
| Past participle (V3) | sanded |
| Present participle | sanding |
| Third person singular | sands |
Sanded in a sentence
- The golden domes of churches and the freshly sanded paths in the town gardens were a glaring yellow.1958, Boris Pasternak, chapter 4, in Max Hayward, Manya Harari, transl., Doctor Zhivago, New York: Pantheon, page 96
- The door panel should be sanded down carefully to provide a good key for the new paint.From the entry key
- Patching material for drywall, plaster, and wood can be wet sanded using sponges (see Figure 11.4).1996, David E. Jacobs, Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing, →ISBN, page 11-20. From the entry wet sand
- The wood is rewarewa, blond and fine-grained and sanded to satin finish.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 267. From the entry rewarewa
- He'd sanded it for hours, "Until it was smooth as a baby's bottom," he'd said, and laughed his deep, throaty laugh.2004, Stephanie H. Meyer with John Meyer, Teen Ink: Written in the Dirt--, HCI Teens, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry smooth as a baby's bottom
Meaning of sand
- noun Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- noun A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
- noun A beach or other mass of sand.
Questions about the past tense of sand
- What is the past tense of sand?
- The past tense of sand is sanded.
- What is the past participle of sand?
- The past participle of sand is sanded.
- Is sand a regular or irregular verb?
- Sand is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sand (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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