Past tense of whine
regular verb
The past tense of whine is whined. The past participle is also whined.
Forms of whine
| Base form (V1) | whine /ˈwaɪ̯n/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | whined /waɪnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | whined /waɪnd/ |
| Present participle | whining |
| Third person singular | whines |
Whined in a sentence
- The jet engines whined at take off.
- The jet whined into the air.
- We heard further scratchings at the door as the dog whined to be let in.From the entry scratching
- "It won't hurt us to take one for the road," Ernie whined.2021, Terry Catasus Jennings, All for One, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry one for the road
- Somewhere high up, a German shell whined, harmlessly, like a mosquito.2014, Alexander Werth, Leningrad, 1943: Inside a City Under Siege, page 44. From the entry gunflash
Meaning of whine
- noun A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
- noun A peevish or self-pitying complaint or criticism.
- verb To utter a high-pitched cry.
Questions about the past tense of whine
- What is the past tense of whine?
- The past tense of whine is whined.
- What is the past participle of whine?
- The past participle of whine is whined.
- Is whine a regular or irregular verb?
- Whine is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: whine (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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