Past tense of swaddle
regular verb
The past tense of swaddle is swaddled. The past participle is also swaddled.
Forms of swaddle
| Base form (V1) | swaddle /ˈswɒdəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | swaddled |
| Past participle (V3) | swaddled |
| Present participle | swaddling |
| Third person singular | swaddles |
Swaddled in a sentence
- After two years of swaddled invalidism, Mrs.1978, David Galloway, A Family Album, London: John Calder, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry go
- A group of babies wrapped only in the silver swaddler was compared with a group swaddled conventionally–i.e., with a warm dry towel, flannelette, and blanket.1968 March 30, J. D. Baum, J. W. Scopes, “The Silver Swaddler: Device for Preventing Hypothermia in the Newborn”, in The Lancet, volume…. From the entry silver swaddler
Meaning of swaddle
- verb To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
- verb To beat; cudgel.
- noun Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.
Questions about the past tense of swaddle
- What is the past tense of swaddle?
- The past tense of swaddle is swaddled.
- What is the past participle of swaddle?
- The past participle of swaddle is swaddled.
- Is swaddle a regular or irregular verb?
- Swaddle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: swaddle (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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