Past tense of trap
regular verb
The past tense of trap is trapped. The past participle is also trapped.
Forms of trap
| Base form (V1) | trap /tɹæp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | trapped |
| Past participle (V3) | trapped |
| Present participle | trapping /ˈtɹæpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | traps /tɹæps/ |
Trapped in a sentence
- She was trapped into admitting the truth.
- They trapped north along the river.
- That rockslide trapped me in a cave, and I was trapped for three days, but I lived.From the entry live
- It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!From the entry stupid
- The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that the trapped miners might still survive.From the entry gleam
Meaning of trap
- noun A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- noun A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- noun A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
Questions about the past tense of trap
- What is the past tense of trap?
- The past tense of trap is trapped.
- What is the past participle of trap?
- The past participle of trap is trapped.
- Is trap a regular or irregular verb?
- Trap is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trap (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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