Past tense of shoulder
regular verb
The past tense of shoulder is shouldered. The past participle is also shouldered.
Forms of shoulder
| Base form (V1) | shoulder /ˈʃəʊldə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shouldered |
| Past participle (V3) | shouldered |
| Present participle | shouldering |
| Third person singular | shoulders /ˈʃoʊldɚz/ |
Shouldered in a sentence
- He shouldered me out of my own band.
- Early in the morning they shouldered light packs, took their rifles, crossed the big draw, and entered the timber where was the deadfall.1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate
- He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen. From the entry filthy
- Now, women shouldered the entire burden of pounding, storing, and cooking acorns.2004, Brian M. Fagan, Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants (Rowman Altamira; →ISBN, 9780759103740), page…. From the entry balanephagous
- "Kid's got an awful grouch to-day," said the sailmaker as Migg shouldered by.1918, J.B. Lippincott Company, Clear the Decks!: A Tale of the American Navy To-day, page 168. From the entry fustered
Meaning of shoulder
- noun The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- noun The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- noun A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
Questions about the past tense of shoulder
- What is the past tense of shoulder?
- The past tense of shoulder is shouldered.
- What is the past participle of shoulder?
- The past participle of shoulder is shouldered.
- Is shoulder a regular or irregular verb?
- Shoulder is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shoulder (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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