Past tense of sew
regular verb
The past tense of sew is sewed. The past participle is sewn or sewed.
Forms of sew
| Base form (V1) | sew /səʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sewed /ˈsoʊd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | sewn /səʊn/ sewed /ˈsoʊd/ |
| Present participle | sewing /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | sews |
Sewed and sewn in a sentence
- I sewed a button on.
- Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.
- Lucinda sewed rhinestones into her scarf to add a bit of flair.From the entry rhinestone
- The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm.From the entry laceration
- When the plants came up, she dried the leaves and sewed them into “love pillows.”2014, Ann Arensberg, Incubus: A Novel. From the entry love pillow
Meaning of sew
- verb To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
- verb To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
- verb Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
Questions about the past tense of sew
- What is the past tense of sew?
- The past tense of sew is sewed.
- What is the past participle of sew?
- The past participle of sew is sewn or sewed.
- Is sew a regular or irregular verb?
- Sew is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sew (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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