Past tense of web
regular verb
The past tense of web is webbed. The past participle is also webbed.
Forms of web
| Base form (V1) | web /wɛb/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | webbed /ˈwɛbd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | webbed /ˈwɛbd/ |
| Present participle | webbing /ˈwɛbɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | webs /wɛbz/ |
Webbed in a sentence
- This “merwolf” used the claws of its webbed paws to scale the strut.2021, P. Benjamin Mains, The Phoenix Rises: Beyond Imagination, number 1, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 235. From the entry merwolf
- Her hair was webbed by thousands of tiny raindroplets, which sparkled dully in the electric light.2000, Blánaid McKinney, “The Gold of Tolosa”, in Big Mouth, London: Phoenix House, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry raindroplet
- Do you know what pain treads the unlifting darkness with cleft hooves, with webbed feet?1979, Poetry Australia, numbers 70-72, page 67. From the entry unlifting
- People who aren't fortunate enough to have webbed toes (the pedally challenged?) are unlikely ever to mention it to anyone.2008, Stephen E. Braude, The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigations, →ISBN. From the entry pedally
- The shallow water at the sea’s edge suited their partially webbed feet and provided vegetation for their diet.1995, The Beauty and Splendor of North America: Scenic Treasures of Canada and the USA, Montreal, Que.: The Reader’s Digest Association…. From the entry gorgosaurus
Meaning of web
- noun The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
- noun Any of several similar materials, such as that created by tent caterpillars.
- noun Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
Questions about the past tense of web
- What is the past tense of web?
- The past tense of web is webbed.
- What is the past participle of web?
- The past participle of web is webbed.
- Is web a regular or irregular verb?
- Web is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: web (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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