Past tense of scrounge
regular verb
The past tense of scrounge is scrounged. The past participle is also scrounged.
Forms of scrounge
| Base form (V1) | scrounge /ˈskɹaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scrounged |
| Past participle (V3) | scrounged |
| Present participle | scrounging |
| Third person singular | scrounges |
Scrounged in a sentence
- The booty bandits, who craved sex with the weaker inmates, and the merchants, rich with scrounged or stolen items who kept safe through an uncanny craft to barter anything, followed.2000, Rob Taft, Leaders of the City, page 23
- Despite our hangover and lack of supplies, we scrounged out a breakfast.From the entry scrounge out
- The team scrounged out a victory last night.From the entry scrounge out
- Besides, if worse came to worst he had his pig-sticker— a beautiful switch-blade stiletto he'd scrounged off the body of a Latino after a gang war— in his back pocket.1991, Alan Rodgers; William Relling, Jr., New Life for the Dead, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry switch-blade
Meaning of scrounge
- verb To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
- verb To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
- noun Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
Questions about the past tense of scrounge
- What is the past tense of scrounge?
- The past tense of scrounge is scrounged.
- What is the past participle of scrounge?
- The past participle of scrounge is scrounged.
- Is scrounge a regular or irregular verb?
- Scrounge is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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