Past tense of widow

Forms of widow

Widowed in a sentence

• Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".From the entry single
• Eleven months after being widowed I decided it was time to bachelorize my home.2014, Richard R. Pariseau, Events in the Life of an Ordinary Man, page 283. From the entry bachelorize
• We represent the married, widowed, single, significant-othered, divorced; some have children, grandchildren, even great-grandchildren.2000, Ann O’Neal Garcia, “‘There’s Life in the Old Dame Yet…”, in Cynthia Black, editor, Our Turn, Our Time: Women Truly Coming of Age…. From the entry significant-othered
• I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride.1959, Don McLean, American Pie (song). From the entry widowed
• As his widowed mother remarries a Moor herself, she metaphorically beweds her husband's killer, leaving Lazarillo in Oedipal anxiety.2003, Roberto Strongman, Allegorical I/lands. From the entry bewed

Meaning of widow

1. noun A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
2. noun Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
3. noun A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.

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• Meaning of widow
• Widow in a sentence
• Plural of widow
• Widow in Hindi
• Widow in Tamil
• Widow in Marathi
• Widow in Urdu

Questions about the past tense of widow

What is the past tense of widow?

The past tense of widow is widowed.

What is the past participle of widow?

The past participle of widow is widowed.

Is widow a regular or irregular verb?

Widow is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.