Past tense of singe

Forms of singe

Singed in a sentence

• She planted me with a smacker so scorchy it singed my socks.1991, Gary K. Wolf, Who p-p-plugged Roger Rabbit?, page 236. From the entry smacker
• Her ear was bleeding, her tail looked singed.2021 August 31, Christian McKay Heidicker, Scary Stories for Young Foxes: The City, Henry Holt and Company (BYR), →ISBN. From the entry shink
• "Yeesh," Ratchet muttered again, caressing his singed whiskers.2005, Lee Edward Födi, Kendra Kandlestar and the Box of Whispers. From the entry yeesh
• The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth.1942, Emily Carr, “The Bishop and the Canary”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC. From the entry broadcloth
• The cloth was singed to remove superfluous fluff by being passed over heated copper plates and then boiled in bleaching keirs with lime or caustic soda.1975, Owen Ashmore, The Industrial Archaeology of Stockport, page 31. From the entry keir

Meaning of singe

1. verb To burn slightly.
2. verb To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
3. verb To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

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Questions about the past tense of singe

What is the past tense of singe?

The past tense of singe is singed.

What is the past participle of singe?

The past participle of singe is singed.

Is singe a regular or irregular verb?

Singe is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.