Past tense of wind
irregular verb
The past tense of wind is wound or winded. The past participle is also wound or winded.
Forms of wind
| Base form (V1) | wind /ˈwɪnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | wound /ˈwuːnd/ winded /ˈwɪndɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | wound /ˈwuːnd/ winded /ˈwɪndɪd/ |
| Present participle | winding /ˈwɪndɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | winds /wɪndz/ |
Past tense of wind by meaning
- to turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.: wound or winded
- to blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.: winded
Wound and winded in a sentence
- Something higher must lie at the back of that eager response to pack-music and winded horn — something born of the smell of the good earth1913, Edith Constance Holme, Crump Folk Going Home, page 136
- The boxer was winded during round two.
- Blood started to spurt out of his hand due to the wound.From the entry blood
- It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.From the entry wound
- They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.From the entry pen
Meaning of wind
- noun Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- noun Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- noun The ability to breathe easily.
Verbs like wind
Questions about the past tense of wind
- What is the past tense of wind?
- The past tense of wind is wound or winded.
- What is the past participle of wind?
- The past participle of wind is wound or winded.
- Is wind a regular or irregular verb?
- Wind is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wind (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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