Past tense of skirt
regular verb
The past tense of skirt is skirted. The past participle is also skirted.
Forms of skirt
| Base form (V1) | skirt /skɜːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | skirted |
| Past participle (V3) | skirted |
| Present participle | skirting |
| Third person singular | skirts /skɝts/ |
Skirted in a sentence
- The plain was skirted by rows of trees.
- As we skirted the shores of the Dornoch Firth, between Tain and Bonar Bridge, the views across the water to the Sutherland mountains were particularly fine in the early morning sunshine.1950 January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, in Railway Magazine, page 6
- The women whose new jobs required pants, overalls, or skirted uniforms broke dramatically with convention.2017, Lynn Dumenil, The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I, Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press…. From the entry skirted
- Women should wear skirted suits or dresses with dress shoes; pantsuits are not usually worn.2012, Jeanette S. Martin, Lillian H. Chaney, Global Business Etiquette: A Guide to International Communication and Customs, 2nd edition…. From the entry skirted
- The "skapri" (AAAAHHHHHH worst term ever) is essentially the skirted swimsuit of the running world.2010 September 28, “A few things...”, in Go Tracy Go. From the entry skapri
Meaning of skirt
- noun A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
- noun A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
- noun A loose edging to any part of a dress.
Questions about the past tense of skirt
- What is the past tense of skirt?
- The past tense of skirt is skirted.
- What is the past participle of skirt?
- The past participle of skirt is skirted.
- Is skirt a regular or irregular verb?
- Skirt is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skirt (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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