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Past tense of shed

irregular verb

The past tense of shed is shed. The past participle is also shed.

Forms of shed

Base form (V1)shed /ʃɛd/
Past tense (V2)shed /ʃɛd/
Past participle (V3)shed /ʃɛd/
Present participleshedding /ˈʃɛdɪŋ/
Third person singularsheds /ʃɛdz/

Less standard forms: shedded (nonstandard).

Meaning of shed

  1. verb To part, separate or divide.
  2. verb To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
  3. verb To pour; to make flow.

Full definition of shed

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Questions about the past tense of shed

What is the past tense of shed?
The past tense of shed is shed.
What is the past participle of shed?
The past participle of shed is shed.
Is shed a regular or irregular verb?
Shed is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.
Is shedded correct?
shedded is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of shed is shed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shed (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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