List of 616 English Irregular Verbs

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A
Base Form Abide Aby/Abey Alight Arise Awake Past Simple Abode/Abided Abought Alit/Alighted Arose Awoke Past Participle Abode/Abided/Abidden Abought Alit/Alighted Arisen Awoken
To continue To reside\live To make amends for something wrong To get off a bus, train, etc. To originate To get up from horizontal position, out of bed To come into existence To stop sleeping and become conscious

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B
Base Form Backbite Backfit Backlight Backslide Be Bear Beat Become Bedight Befall Beget Begin Begird Behight Behold Belay Bend Past Simple Backbit Backfit Backlit Backslid Was/Were Bore Beat Became Bedight/Bedighted Befell Begot/Begat Began Begirt/Begirded Behight Beheld Belaid/Belayed Bent Past Participle Backbitten Backfit Backlit Backslid/Backslidden Been Born/Borne Beaten Become Bedight/Bedighted Befallen Begotten Begun Begirt Behight/Behoten Beheld Belaid/Belayed Bent Definition
To speak badly about someone To fit new parts into an older machine that weren't available when the machine was made To illuminate from behind (photography) To stop making progress and start regressing To exist, live or occur. To have as a quality or a state An auxiliary verb To carry To tolerate To give birth to To hit repeatedly To come into existence To adorn, decorate To happen To happen to somebody or something To cause something to happen To procreate To start something To encircle To promise or vow To order To become conscious of by seeing To secure a boat with a rope To tie up To curve something by distorting its shape

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Bereave Beseech Beset Bespeak

Bereft Besought/Beseeched Beset Bespoke

Bereft/Bereaved Besought/Beseeched Beset Bespoken

To lose a relative through their death To deprive To ask someone very insistently to do something To be restricted and occupied by difficulties To be a signal or symbol of something To set aside or reserve something To ask for

Bestrew Bestride Bet Betake Bethink Beweep Bid Bid Bide Bind Bite Blaw Bleed Blend Bless Blow Bottle-feed Bowstring Break Breast-feed Breed Bring Broadcast Browbeat Build Burn Burst Bust

Bestrewed Bestrode Bet Betook Bethought Bewept Bid Bade Bided/Bode Bound Bit Blawed Bled Blended/Blent Blessed/Blest Blew Bottle-fed

Bestrewed/Bestrewn Bestridden Bet Betaken Bethought Bewept Bid Bidden Bided Bound Bitten Blawn Bled Blended/Blent Blessed/Blest Blown Bottle-fed

To cover a surface by throwing things about randomly To sit or stand with one leg on either side of something To risk money against the result of a future event To go to a place To think about something To remind yourself To cry for or over someone or something To make an offer of money or services To command or urge someone to do something To wait for To tolerate To withstand To tie something with string, or similar, to hold it To cut or hold with teeth To blow To lose blood through a cut in the skin To mix together To wish or confer happiness To make holy To move air, wind and gases To feed a baby with a bottle To strangle with the string from a bow To cause something to separate into at least two pieces To feed a baby with breast milk To produce animals or plants by controlling their reproduction To carry or convey something to the place where you are going To transmit radio or TV signals To put pressure on someone or bully them to do something To construct To consume or be consumed by fire To break something open, usually by internal pressure, such as a balloon with too much air in it To break

Bowstrung/Bowstringe Bowstrung d Broke Breast-fed Bred Brought Broken Breast-fed Bred Brought

Broadcast/Broadcasted Broadcast/Broadcasted Browbeat Built Burnt/Burned Burst Bust Browbeat/Browbeaten Built Burnt/Burned Burst Bust

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Buy

Bought

Bought

To acquire something in exchange for money

C
Base Form Cast Catch Cheerlead Chide Choose Clap Clear-cut Cleave Cleek Clepe Cling Clothe Colorbreed Colorcast Come Cost Cost-cut Counterdraw Counterlight Cowrite Crash-dive Creep Creep-feed Crib-bite Cross-bite Cross-string Crossbreed Cast Caught Cheerled Chid Chose Clapped/Clapt Clear-cut Cleft/Cleaved/Clove Past Simple Cast Caught Cheerled Chid/Chidden Chosen Clapped/Clapt Clear-cut Cleft/Cleaved/Cloven Past Participle
Definition To throw or project something To receive To stop and hold a moving object, usually with your hands To make something unable to escape To cheer and support a team in an organised group To tell somebody off when they have done something wrong To select To hit your hands together to make a sound to show approval To make a loud noise, like thunder To cut down all trees in an area To separate or divide something, often with force To stick or hold together To grasp or take hold of To call or name To hold on to or to stick to To dress someone or provide them with clothes To breed an animal to be of a particular color To broadcast in color To move towards or to arrive at a specified place, time or situation The amount of money required to buy something; it costs five dollars. To redcuce costs or expenditure To copy by tracing To light something directly from opposite sides To write with someone To go down very quickly To move along the ground lying down To feed young animals in a special area that adult animals can't get in To bite its manger and swallow air (of a horse) To thwart or stop something happening by deception To place bass strings on a piano across the treble strings To breed animals or plants of different species, like a mule, which is a crossbreed of a donkey and a horse

Claught/Claucht/Cleek Cleeked ed Cleped Clung Clad/Clothed Colorbred Colorcast Came Cost Cost-cut Counterdrew Counterlit Cowrote Crash-dived/Crashdove Crept Creep-fed Crib-bit Cross-bit Cross-strung Crossbred Cleped/Ycleped/Yclept Clung Clad/Clothed Colorbred Colorcast Come Cost Cost-cut Counterdrawn Counterlit Cowritten Crash-dived Crept Creep-fed Crib-bitten Cross-bitten Cross-strung Crossbred

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Crosscut Crosslight Crow Cut

Crosscut Crosslit Crowed/Crew Cut

Crosscut Crosslit Crowed Cut

To move between scenes or stories in a film or narrative To illuminate from different sides, but not directly opposite To boast To utter a sound indicating pleasure To break the surface of something with a knife or similar tool

D
Base Form Dare Daydream Deal Deep-freeze Dig Dight Dispread Disprove Dive Do Dogfight Dow Draw Dream Drink Drip-feed Drive Dwell Past Simple Dared/Durst Past Participle Dared
Definition To have sufficient courage To have dream-like thoughts when a wake To have a fantasy To distribute, especially playing cards in games To freeze or store frozen To suspend progress or activity To make a hole in the ground To dictate orders To spread out To prove that something is fale or wrong To jump head first into water To fall quickly To perform or carry out To fight in aeroplanes To arrange a fight between dogs for sport To have the ability to do something To do well To make a picture using a pen or pencil To see visual images while sleeping To consume liquids To feed someone with fluids going into the vein To release information very slowly, bit by bit To operate and control a car or other vehicle To reside or live somewhere

Daydreamt/Daydream Daydreamt/Daydreamt t Dealt Deep-froze Dug Dight/Dighted Dispread Disproved Dived/Dove Did Dogfought Dought/Dowed Drew Dreamt/Dreamed Drank Drip-fed Drove Dwelt Dealt Deep-frozen Dug Dight/Dighted Dispread Disproven/Disproved Dived Done Dogfought Dought/Dowed Drawn Dreamt/Dreamed Drunk Drip-fed Driven Dwelt

E
Base Form Eat End-run Engird Engrave Enwind Ate End-ran Engirt Engraved Enwound Past Simple Past Participle Eaten End-run Engirt Engraved/Engraven Enwound
Definition To consume solid food To avoid doing something by cheating or deceit To encircle, encompass To carve letters or a pattern into the surface of something To make into a coil To wrap around something

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Base Form Fall Farebeat Fast-cut Feed Feel Fight Find Fit Flash-freeze Flee Fling Floodlight Fly Flyblow Forbear Forbid Force-feed Fordo/Foredo Forecast Forefeel Forego Foreknow Forerun Foresee Foreshow Forespeak Foretell Forget Forgive Forlese Fell Farebeat Fast-cut Fed Felt Fought Found Fit/Fitted Flash-froze Fled Flung Floodlit Flew Flyblew Forbore Forbade/Forbad Force-fed Fordid Forecast/Forecasted Forefelt Forewent Foreknew Foreran Foresaw Foreshowed Forespoke Foretold Forgot Forgave Forlore Past Simple Past Participle Fallen Farebeaten Fast-cut Fed Felt Fought Found Fit/Fitted Flash-frozen Fled Flung Floodlit Flown Flyblown Forborne/Forborn Forbidden Force-fed Fordone Forecast/Forecasted Forefelt Foregone Foreknown Forerun Foreseen Forshowed/Foreshown Forespoken Foretold Forgotten Forgiven Forlorn
Definition To move downwards or to the ground To avoid paying fares when using public transport To cut quickly from one scene to another in a film To give or supply food To sense by touch To experience an emotion, or sensation To try to hurt or kill someone in combat or war To discover something either by chance or when looking for it To be the correct size, for clothes, etc. (fit/fit/fit) To measure someone for size (fit fit/fitted/ fit/fitted) To freeze food very rapidly to preserve taste and nutrients To run away in order to find safety To throw or move something suddenly To use powerful lights to illuminate something outside at night To move through the air To travel by aeroplane To contaminate by laying eggs, the way a fly does Not to use or talk about something To prohibit To feed someone who refuses or doesn't want to eat To ruin or destroy To predict the future To have a feeling before something happens To have a premonition To preceed something To go without something To know something beforehand To go before something To show that something is going to happen To predict or see the future To show something or make it known beforehand To foretell To predict To speak of something beforehand To predict the future To be unable to remember something To pardon or stop being angry with someone who has offended you To lose completely

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Forsake Forswear Fraught Free-fall Freeze Frostbite

Forsook Forswore Fraught/Fraughted Free-fell Froze Frostbit

Forsaken Forsworn Fraught/Fraughted Free-fallen Frozen Frostbitten

To give something up To abandon To make a false promise or oath To stock To load a ship, etc To hire a ship, etc To drop or fall suddenly To fall through the air without opening a parachute To make liquids into solids by cold temperatures To store food below zero degrees centigrade To injure or damage part of the body through extreme cold

G
Base Form Gainsay Geld Get Ghostwrite Gild Gin Gird Give Gnaw Go Grave Grind Grow Past Simple Gainsaid Gelded/Gelt Got Ghostwrote Gilt/Gilded Gan Girded/Girt Gave Gnawed Went Graved Ground Grew Past Participle Gainsaid Gelded/Gelt Got/Gotten Ghostwritten Gilt/Gilded Gan Girded/Girt Given Gnawed/Gnawn Gone/Been Graven/Graved Ground Grown
Definition To contradict or deny To castrate an animal To obtain, catch or receive To write for someone else, who will put their name as the author To cover something with a thin layer of gold To begin something To secure or encirle something with a belt or bend To offer something as a present To bite or chew To cause worry To travel to a place To dig To carve To fix in the memory To break something into a powder To increase in size

H
Base Form Hagride Halterbreak Hamstring Hand-feed Hand-ride Handsew Handwrite Hang Past Simple Hagrode Halterbroke Past Participle Hagridden Halterbroken
Definition To torment or cause nightmares To break a horse in, to get it used to wearing a halter

Hamstrung/Hamstring To make things difficult for someone doing Hamstrung/Hamstringed something ed Hand-fed Hand-rode Handsewed Handwrote Hung/Hanged Hand-fed Hand-ridden Handsewn/Handsewed Handwritten Hung/Hanged
To give food by hand To control an animal by hand To sew by hand To write with a pen or pencil rather than a word processor To suspend from a support

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To execute someone by supending them by the neck

Have Hear Heave Hew Hide Hight Hit Hoise Hoist Hold House-sit Housebreak Hurt

Had Heard Heaved/Hove Hewed Hid Hote/Hight Hit Hoised/Hoist Hoist/Hoisted Held House-sat Housebroke Hurt

Had Heard Heaved/Hove Hewn Hidden Hoten Hit Hoised/Hoist Hoist/Hoisted Held House-sat Housebroken Hurt

To possess To do An auxiliary verb To detect or perceive sound To lift something heavy To throw something heavy To cut things into pieces To conceal or put something where it cannot be seen To name To promise To command To touch somebody or something with force To hoist or lift To raise or lift using ropes, etc To secure something in your hand To contain To stay in someone's house to look after it while they are away To train an animal to live in a house To cause pain, injury or stress To experience pain, injury or stress

I
Base Form Inbreed Indwell Inhold Inlay Input Inset Interblend Interbreed Intercut Intergrave Interlay Interset Interweave Interwind Inweave Inwind Past Simple Inbred Indwelt Inheld Inlaid Input/Inputted Inset Past Participle Inbred Indwelt Inheld Inlaid Input/Inputted Inset
Definition To produce babies with health problems by sexual relations between close relatives To inhabit To exist as a guiding principle To have as an inherent characteristic To put a different material inside another for decoration, with a flat surface To enter data into a computer To put a picture or graphic inside a lerger one To blend things together To mix species or groups sexually To move between different scenes or stories in a film or narrative

Interblended/Interblen Interblended/Interblent t Interbred Intercut Intergraved Interlaid Interset Interwove Interwound Inwove/Inweaved Inwound Interbred Intercut Interlaid Interset Interwoven Interwound Inwoven/Inweaved Inwound

Intergraved/Intergraven To carve or engrave in alternate sections

To place among or between things To set among or between things To join or mix together To wind together or intertwine To weave things together To wrap or coil around

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Base Form Jerry-build

Past Simple Jerry-built

Past Participle Jerry-built

Definition To build something cheaply and badly

K
Base Form Keep Ken Kneel Knit Know Kept Kent/Kenned Knelt/Kneeled Knit/Knitted Knew Past Simple Past Participle Kept Kent/Kenned Knelt/Kneeled Knit/Knitted Known
Definition To have possession To make somebody or something stay in a particular place To know To support yourself on your knees To make clothes such as pullovers out of wool To be acquainted with To have correctly in your memory

L
Base Form Lade Landslide Lay Lead Lean Leap Learn Leave Lend Lep Let Lie Light Linebreed Lip-Read Lose Past Simple Laded Landslid/Landslided Laid Led Leant/Leaned Leapt/Leaped Learnt/Learned Left Lent Lept Let Lay Lit Linebred Lip-Read Lost Past Participle Laden/Laded Landslid/Landslided Laid Led Leant/Leaned Leapt/Leaped Learnt/Learned Left Lent Lept Let Lain Lit Linebred Lip-Read Lost
Definition To load (put goods onto) a ship To win a convincing and easy victory in an election To put something in a horizontal position To take someone somewhere or guide them To be in command To place something at an incline for support against something To jump To acquire knowledge To go out of a place To give somebody money that must be returned To leap To allow something to happen To allow someone to do something To get into or be in a horizontal position To make something burn Breed animals from a particular family To work out what someone is saying from the movements of their mouth Not to have something because you do not know where it is

M
Base Form Make Mean Meet Past Simple Made Meant Met Past Participle Made Meant Met
Definition To create or construct something To cause somebody to do something To perform an action To signify To intend To make somebody's acquaintance

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To be in the same place as somebody

Melt Misbecome Miscast Mischoose Miscut Misdeal Misdo Misfall Misfeed Misgive Mishear Mishit Misknow Mislay Mislead Mislearn Misread Missay Missend Misset Misspeak Misspell Misspend Misswear Mistake Misteach Mistell Misthink Miswear Miswed Miswrite Mow

Melted Misbecame Miscast Mischose Miscut Misdealt Misdid Misfell Misfed Misgave Misheard Mishit Misknew Mislaid Misled Mislearnt/Mislearned Misread Missaid Missent Misset Misspoke Misspelt/Misspelled Misspent Misswore Mistook Mistaught Mistold Misthought Misswore Miswed/Miswedded Miswrote Mowed

Molten/Melted Misbecome Miscast Mischosen Miscut Misdealt Misdone Misfallen Misfed Misgiven Misheard Mishit Misknown Mislaid Misled Mislearnt/Mislearned Misread Missaid Missent Misset Misspoken Misspelt/Misspelled Misspent Missworn Mistaken Mistaught Mistold Misthought Misunderstood Misworn Miswed/Miswedded Miswritten Mown

To change from solid into a liquid as the temperature goes up Not to suit To choose the wrong actor for a role To choose wrongly To cut something wrongly or badly To distribute playing cards wrongly in a game To harm or injure To happen unluckily To feed incorrectly To jam printers, photocpiers, etc, by feeding the paper incorrectly To become suspicious or worried To hear something incorrectly To hit a ball badly or inaccurately To have the wrong idea about something To lose or put something where you cannot find it To make someone behave wrongly To deceive To learn wrongly To read something incorrectly To say something incorrectly To talk badly about someone To send to the wrong place or person To set or place wrongly or incorrectly To say or pronounce something wrongly To say something that is incorrect or inaccurate To write a word without using the correct letters To waste time or money To swear or make an oath falsely Not to understand To confuse somebody with someone else To teach wrongly or incorrectly To tell something wrongly To have mistaken thoughts or ideas Not to understand To wear badly To marry wrongly To write something incorrectly To cut grass or cereals

Misunderstand Misunderstood

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Base Form Naysay Nose-dive

Past Simple Naysaid

Past Participle Naysaid

Definition To oppose or criticise To dive or plunge nose first (aircraft)

Nose-dived/Nose-dove Nose-dived/Nose-dove

O
Base Form Offset Outbid Outbreed Outdo Outdraw Outdrink Outdrive Outfight Outfly Outgrow Outlay Outleap Output Outride Outrun Outsee Outsell Outshine Outshoot Outsing Outsit Outsleep Outsmell Outspeak Outspeed Outspend Outspin Outspring Outstand Outswear Outswim Outtell Outthink Outthrow Past Simple Offset Outbid Outbred Outdid Outdrew Outdrank Outdrove Outfought Outflew Outgrew Outlaid Outleapt/Outleaped Output/Outputted Outrode Outran Outsaw Outsold Outshone Outshot Outsang Outsat Outslept Outsmelt/Outsmelled Outspoke Outsped Outspent Outspun Outsprang Outstood Outswore Outswam Outtold Outthought Outthrew Past Participle Offset Outbid Outbred Outdone Outdrawn Outdrunk Outdriven Outfought Outflown Outgrown Outlaid Outleapt/Outleaped Output/Outputted Outridden Outrun Outseen Outsold Outshone Outshot Outsung Outsat Outslept Outsmelt/Outsmelled Outspoken Outsped Outspent Outspun Outsprung Outstood Outsworn Outswum Outtold Outthought Outthrown
Definition To compenaste or counterbalance To offer more money than someone in an auction or sale To breed faster than others To do better than someone To pull out To pull a gun faster than an opponent To drink more than someone else, usually alcohol To drive faster or better To fight better than someone To fly faster or further To grow faster than something or someone To become too big or mature for something To spend money for a particular purpose To jump or leap further or higher To put out or produce To ride faster than someone To run or go faster than someone To see further To have greater foresight To sell more than something or someone To be better than someone To shoot faster or better To sing better or louder than someone To sit for longer than someone To sleep for longer than someone To have a better sense of smell To speak better or more than someone To go faster than someone or something To spend more than someone To finish or die To spring or jump out To be clearly different or better To exceed someone in swearing- oaths or bad language To swim faster or further than someone To be better or exceed in telling or calculating To think better ideas than someone To throw further or more accurately

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Outwear Outwind Outwork Outwrite Overbear Overbid Overblow Overbreed Overbuild Overbuy Overcast Overcome Overcut Overdo Overdraw Overdrink Overdrive Overeat Overfeed Overfly Overgrow Overhang Overhear Overlay Overleap Overlearn Overlie Overpass Overpay Override Overrun Oversee Oversell

Outwore Outwound Outworked/Outwrought Outwrote Overbore Overbid Overblew Overbred Overbuilt Overbought Overcast Overcame Overcut Overdid Overdrew Overdrank Overdrove Overate Overfed Overflew Overgrew Overhung Overheard Overlaid Overleapt/Overleaped Overlearnt/Overlearned Overlay Overpast/Overpassed Overpaid Overrode Overran Oversaw Oversold

Outworn Outwound

To last longer (of materials, clothes, etc) To unloose

Outworked/Outwrough To work harder or better t Outwritten Overborne Overbid Overblown Overbred Overbuilt Overbought Overcast Overcome Overcut Overdone Overdrawn Overdrunk Overdriven Overeaten Overfed Overflown Overgrown Overhung Overheard Overlaid
To be better at writing To use force or authority to control To bid more something is worth To bid more than you can win in a card game To become subdued To blow away To force too much To breed too much so that features become excessive To build too much, overdevelop To buy too much To pay too much To become cloudy To sew with overcast stitiches (long slanting stitches) To master a problem or difficult situation To become helpless because of excessive emotions or physical difficulties To cut down more trees than permitted To do something to excess To cook something too much To take money out of an account so that a negative balance results To drink too much To drive or work something too hard To eat too much To give too much food To fly over a place To grow too big or beyond a limit or boundary To be above something To hear something accidently that was not said to you To cover something with a layer

Overleapt/Overleaped To jump over

Overlearnt/Overlearned
To continue learning afer having reached a basic proficiency To lie on top of To kill by lying on top of To cross, pass over To pay too much To ride through an enemy's country To flood To invade and take control To observe people's work to make sure that it is done properly To sell too much To publicise too much

Overlain Overpast/Overpassed Overpaid Overridden Overrun Overseen Oversold

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Overset Oversew Overshoot Oversleep Oversow Overspeak Overspend Overspill Overspin Overspread Overspring Overstand Overstrew Overstride Overstrike Overstring Overtake Overthink Overthrow Overwear Overwind Overwithhold Overwrite

Overset Oversewed Overshot Overslept Oversowed Overspoke Overspent Overspilt/Overspilled Overspun Overspread Oversprang Overstood Overstrewed Overstrode Overstruck Overstrung Overtook Overthought Overthrew Overwore Overwound Overwithheld Overwrote

Overset Oversewn/Oversewed Overshot Overslept Oversown/Oversowed Overspoken Overspent Overspilt/Overspilled Overspun Overspread Oversprung Overstood
Overstrewed/Overstrewn

To overpower To sew two edges together with stitches overlapping both To go past a limit To sleep too late To sow on land that has already be sown To speak too long or use too many words To spend more than allowed or budgeted To spill over To have a population that exceeds the space available To make something last too long To cover something To jump over Lose a sale of deal by sticking to a price or conditions unacceptable to the other party To sprinkle or strew something onto another thing To walk across or over To walk faster than someone To dominate To stamp a new value or inscription on a old coin To tie a string too tightly To string piano bass strings across treble strings To pass a vehicle that is going more slowly To think or plan too much To remove someone forcibly from government or power To wear something too much or often, or wear it out To wind a clock or something too much so it strains the spring To deduct too much tax from a payment or salary To record data on top of existing data, erasing the original

Overstridden Overstruck Overstrung Overtaken Overthought Overthrown Overworn Overwound Overwithheld Overwritten

P
Base Form Partake Pay Pen Pinch-hit Plead Potshot Past Simple Partook Paid Pent/Penned Pinch-hit Pled/Pleaded Potshot/Potshotted Past Participle Partaken Paid Pent/Penned Pinch-hit Pled/Pleaded Potshot
Definition To take part in something or a part of something, usually food To give somebody money in exchange for things or services To shut up or enclose in a cage, etc To bat instead of a player in baseball, especially when a hit is needed To tell a court that you are guilty or innocent To ask for special treatment by authorities, etc. To shoot at random To criticise at random

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Practice-teach Practice-taught Prebind Prebuild Precut Predo Premake Prepay Presell Preset Preshrink Presplit Price-cut Proofread Prove Put Prebound Prebuilt Precut Predid Premade Prepaid Presold Preset Preshrank Presplit Price-cut Proofread Proved Put

Practice-taught Prebound Prebuilt Precut Predone Premade Prepaid Presold Preset Preshrunk Presplit Price-cut Proofread Proven/Proved Put

To teach as part of training To bind before Prefabricate To cut something before selling or assembling it To do something before a certain time of stage To make something before a time or stage To pay for something using it To sell before a certain time To arrange something before it is needed To shrink a fabric before selling it so that it will not become smaller when washed To split or divide before a certain time To cut or reduce prices To read something checking carefully for mistakes To demonstrate that something is true To place something in a specific position

Q
Base Form Quick-freeze Quit Quit Past Simple Quick-froze Quit Past Participle Quick-frozen
Definition To freeze something rapidly To stop doing something To resign from a job

R
Base Form Rap Re-prove Read Reave Reawake Rebid Rebind Rebroadcast Rebuild Recast Recut Redd Redeal Redo Redraw Past Simple Rapped/Rapt Re-proved Read Reft/Reaved Reawoke Rebid Rebound Rebroadcast Rebuilt Recast Recut Redd/Redded Redealt Redid Redrew Past Participle Rapped/Rapt Re-proven/Re-proved Read Reft/Reaved Reawoken/Reawaken Rebid Rebound Rebroadcast Rebuilt Recast Recut Redd/Redded Redealt Redone Redrawn
To prove again To look at written words and understand them To deprive To take by force To wake up again To bid again To cover a book again To transmit something on televison or the radio again To build something again To replace an actor or actress To cut again or differently To save or rescue To deal playing cards again To do something again To draw again Definition To be very affected by strong emotion

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To change boundaries, frontiers, etc

Reeve Refit Regrind Regrow Rehang Rehear Reknit Relay Relearn Relight Remake Rend Repay Reread Rerun Resell Resend Reset Resew Reshoot Resit Resow Respell Restring Retake Reteach Retear Retell Rethink Retread Retrofit Rewake Rewear Reweave Rewed Rewet Rewin

Rove/Reeved Refit Reground Regrew Rehung Reheard Reknit/Reknitted Relaid Relearnt/Relearned Relit/Relighted Remade Rent Repaid Reread Reran Resold Resent Reset Resewed Reshot Resat Resowed Respelled/Respelt Restrung Retook Retaught Retore Retold Rethought Retrod Retrofit/Retrofitted Rewoke/Rewaked Rewore Rewove/Reweaved Rewed/Rewedded Rewet/Rewetted Rewon

Rove/Reeved Refit Reground Regrown Rehung Reheard Reknit/Reknitted Relaid Relearnt/Relearned Relit/Relighted Remade Rent Repaid Reread Rerun Resold Resent Reset Resewn/Reswed Reshot Resat Resown/Resowed Respelled/Respelt Restrung Retaken Retaught Retorn Retold Rethought Retrodden Retrofit/Retrofitted Rewoken/Rewaked Reworn Rewoven/Reweaved Rewed/Rewedded Rewet/Rewetted Rewon

To gather together To thread something through a hole To repair a ship, plane or vehicle To fit something again To grind again To smooth worn engine parts To grow again To hang again or in a different position To hear something again To knit again To join back together To operate a system where things are replaced as they become used or tired To learn again To light or start something burning again To make something again, such as a new version of a film To tear or rip To pay somebody money owed To read again To show a film again To sell something again To send something again To put something back to the original way it was organised To sew again To shoot a film scene again To take an exam or test again To sow again To spell again To fit new strings on a musical instrument or a bow Take again, especially exams and tests To teach again To tear again, usually of injuries To tell something again To think again To tread again To cut new tread in a tyre To fit new parts into an older machine that weren't available when the machine was made To wake again To wear again To weave again To marry again To wet again To win again

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Rewind Rewrite Rid Ride Ring Rise Rive Rough-hew Roughcast Run

Rewound Rewrote Rid/Ridded Rode Rang Rose Rived Rough-hewed Roughcast Ran

Rewound Rewritten Rid/Ridded Ridden Rung Risen Riven/Rived Rough-hewn Roughcast Run

To put a cassette or video back to the beginning To write something again, usually with improvements To dispose of To travel by horse, bike or motorbike To telephone To make sounds with a bell To move upwards To break apart ot split To make a rough version of something To prepare a rough form of something To move quickly, so that both legs leave the ground

S
Base Form Sand-cast Saw Say See Seek Self-feed Self-sow Sell Send Set Sew Shake Shave Shear Shed Shend Shew Shine Shit Shoe Shoot Shortcut Show Past Simple Sand-cast Sawed Said Saw Sought Self-fed Self-sowed Sold Sent Set Sewed Shook Shaved Shore/Sheared Shed Shent Shewed Shone Shat/Shit Shod Shot Shortcut Showed Past Participle Sand-cast Sawn/Sawed Said Seen Sought Self-fed Self-sown/Self-sowed Sold Sent Set Sewn/Sewed Shaken Shaven/Shaved Shorn/Sheared Shed Shent Shewn/Shewed Shone Shat/Shit Shod Shot Shortcut Shown
Definition To make a cast by pouring metal into a mold made of sand. To cut wood, etc, with a tool To speak words To notice with your eyes To try to find something To feed itself without assistance To sow itself without assistance To receive money in exchange for goods To cause something to be taken to a specific destination, especially letters, message, etc. To place something somewhere To fix something in a particular position To join pieces of material together using thread To vibrate To make something vibrate To remove body hair To cut with scissors, especially wool from sheep To fall off or let something fall off; snakes shed their skin To shame or disgrace Show To give off or reflect bright light To get rid of solid body waste To provide with shoes, especially horses To fire a bullet from a gun To kill or hurt somebody with a gun To use a shorter or quicker way of going somehere or doing something To allow somebody to see something so that they can become aware of it

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Shrink Shrive Shut Sidewind Sight-read Sightsee Sing Sink Sit Skywrite Slay Sleep Slide Sling Slink Slit Smell Smite Snapshoot Sneak Soothsay Sow Speak Speed Spell Spellbind Spend Spill Spin Spit Split Spoil Spoonfeed Spread

Shrank Shrove Shut Sidewound Sight-read Sightsaw Sang Sank Sat Skywrote Slew Slept Slid Slung Slunk Slit Smelt/Smelled Smote Snapshot Sneaked/Snuck Soothsaid Sowed Spoke Sped/Speeded Spelt/Spelled Spellbound Spent Spilt/Spilled Span/Spun Spat/Spit Split Spoilt/Spoiled Spoonfed Spread

Shrunk Shriven Shut Sidewound Sight-read Sightseen Sung Sunk Sat Skywritten Slain Slept Slid/Slidden Slung Slunk Slit Smelt/Smelled Smitten Snapshot Sneaked/Snuck Soothsaid Sown Spoken Sped/Speeded Spelt/Spelled Spellbound Spent Spilt/Spilled Spun Spat/Spit Split Spoilt/Spoiled Spoonfed Spread

To become smaller To make something smaller To confess or listen to a confession, a religious term To close something To move like the sidewinder snake To read music To visit famous monuments, etc To make music with your voice To move downwards in water To make something move downwards in water To support your body with your buttocks not your feet, with the back in a vertical position as on a chair To write in the sky with smoke To kill To be in a relaxed state with your eyes closed To move on a smooth surface, such as ice To throw something somewhere To move in a suspicious and guilty way To make a long thin cut in something To detect odours with your nose To emit odours To hit Take a quick photograph To move around guiltily or to avoid being noticed To predict the future To plant seeds in the ground to produce plants or cereals To say words with your mouth To be able to use a language To move quickly To drive faster than legally permitted To use the correct combination of letters for a word To put into a trance or captivate To Use money to buy things To use time or energy doimg something To allow liquids out of their containers accidentally To turn repeatedly in circles around a fixed point To make something turn repeatedly in circles To eject saliva, liquid or food from the mouth To divide To break open To let something go bad To go bad To give someone information in small and very easy bits To cover the surface of one thing with

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something else, like butter on bread

Spring Stall-feed Stand Stave Steal Stick Sting Stink Straphang Strew Stride Strike String Strip Strive Sublet Sunburn Swear Sweat Sweep Swell Swim Swing Swink Switch-hit

Sprang Stall-fed Stood Stove/Staved/Stoved Stole Stuck Stung Stank Straphung Strewed Strode/Strided Struck Strung Stript/Stripped Strove Sublet Sunburned/Sunburnt Swore Sweat/Sweated Swept/Sweeped Swelled Swam Swung Swank/Swonk Switch-hit

Sprung Stall-fed Stood Stove/Staved/Stoved Stolen Stuck Stung Stunk Straphung Strewn/Strewed Stridden Struck/Stricken Strung Stript/Stripped Striven Sublet Sunburned/Sunburnt Sworn Sweat/Sweated Swept/Sweeped Swollen Swum Swung Swonken Switch-hit

To jump To become active To feed or fatten an animal in a stall To be in a vertical position with the weight on the feet To get into this position To break a hole in something To take property or money that is not yours To attach things with glue To insert a sharp object into something To feel pain caused by an insect or plant or in a particular part of the body To smell very badly To hold a strap for support To distribute things randomly over a surface To walk confidently To stop working as a protest about working conditions To hit To attach something using a cord To undress To remove the covering of something To try very hard to do something To rent something you have rented To get red skin from being in the sun for too long To use words which are regarded as offensive To promise To perspire To clean floors using a brush To increase in size usually by filling with liquids or gases To travel in water by moving your arms and legs To move from side to side from a fixed point To work, toil or labour To bat right-handed against a left-handed bowler, or vice versa, in baseball

T
Base Form Take Teach Team-teach Tear Telecast Tell Took Taught Team-taught Tore Telecast/Telecasted Told Past Simple Past Participle Taken Taught Team-taught Torn Telecast/Telecasted Told
Definition To perform an action To acquire To instruct or train somebody To teach with more than one teacher for the class or group To make a hole or divide material, paper, etc. To broadcast on TV To give somebody information

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Test-drive Test-fly Think Thrive Throw Thrust

Test-drove Test-flew Thought Throve/Thrived Threw Thrust

Test-driven Test-flown Thought Thriven/Thrived Thrown Thrust

To drive a car to test it before buying To test a plane To have an opinion To use the brain To do very well because the circumstances or situation is right To cause an object to leave your hand in such a way that it travels through the air To push with force

Thunderstrike Thunderstruck Tine Tread Troubleshoot Typecast Typeset Typewrite Tint/Tined Trod Troubleshot Typecast Typeset Typewrote

Thunderstruck/Thunders To strike with lightning To shock tricken Tint/Tined Trodden Troubleshot Typecast Typeset Typewritten
To shut To put your foot down To solve a problem To give an actor the same sort of role repeatedly To compose type for printing To write with a typewriter

U
Base Form Unbear Unbend Unbind Unbuild Unclothe Underbid Underbuy Undercut Underdo Underfeed Undergird Undergo Underlay Underlet Underlie Underpay Underrun Undersell Undershoot Underspend Past Simple Unbore Unbent Unbound Unbuilt Unclad/Unclothed Underbid Underbought Undercut Underdid Underfed Past Participle Unborn/Unborne Unbent Unbound Unbuilt Unclad/Unclothed Underbid/Underbidden Underbought Undercut Underdone Underfed
Definition To remove a horse's rein and straps To retore something to its original shape that has been distorted To set something free To untie, remove ropes, chains, etc.. To demolish To remove clothes To offer less money in an auction or sale To buy for less than the real value To sell at a cheaper price than a competitor To do less than necessary Not to cook enough To give too little food to someone or an animal To make something secure underneath To give moral support To suffer or go through an unpleasant experience, such as surgery To put underneath something To rent for less than the real value To be the real reason, meaning or idea behind something, usually hidden or not clear To pay someone too little or pay less than the price To pass or flow underneath something To sell at a lower price than a competitor To shoot too short Not to reach a traget To sepnd less money than allocated in the

Undergirt/Undergirded Undergirt/Undergirded Underwent Underlaid Underlet Underlay Underpaid Underran Undersold Undershot Underspent Undergone Underlaid Underlet Underlain Underpaid Underrun Undersold Undershot Underspent

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department or company's budget

Understand Undertake Underthrust Underwrite Undo Undraw Undraw Unfreeze Unhang Unhide Unhold Unknit Unlade Unlay Unlearn Unmake Unreeve Unsay Unsell Unsew Unsling Unspeak Unspin Unstick Unstring Unswear Unteach Unthink Untread Unweave Unwind Unwrite Upbuild Uphold Uppercut

Understood Undertook Underthrust Underwrote Undid Undrew Undrew Unfroze Unhung Unhid Unheld Unknit/Unknitted Unladed Unlaid Unlearnt/Unlearned Unmade Unrove/Unreeved Unsaid Unsold Unsewed Unslung Unspoke Unspun Unstuck Unstrung Unswore Untaught Unthought Untrod Unwove Unwound Unwrote Upbuilt Upheld Uppercut

Understood Undertaken Underthrust Underwritten Undone Undrawn Undrawn Unfrozen Unhung Unhidden Unheld Unknit/Unknitted Unladen/Unladed Unlaid Unlearnt/Unlearned Unmade Unrove/Unreeved Unsaid Unsold Unsewn/Unsewed Unslung Unspoken Unspun Unstuck Unstrung Unsworn Untaught Unthought Untrodden Unwoven Unwound Unwritten Upbuilt Upheld Uppercut

To know or come to know the meaning of something To accept responsibility for doing something To insert faulted rock under a passive rock mass To accept part or all of a financial risk, especially insurance To ruin somebody's reputation To 'open' clothes or shoes before taking them off To open a curtain To withdraw To open, draw back (curtains, etc) To make assets availably for use To thaw something To remove something that is hanging To expose something that was hidden To stop holding or not to hold To untie To remove cargo, unload To untwist a rope To try to forget or change a habit or something that had been learned To remove a decision To remove a rope from a hook Not to say something To take back something that you said To convince someone that something is worthless or false To undo someone sewed, remove the stitches To remove something held in a sling To take back what has been said or not to say something To untwist or unravel To seperate things that have been stuck together To take off To open something secured with string To take back an oath To make someone forget something they have learned To remove something from your mind To tread back, retrace your steps To undo things that have been woven together To relax To delete writing or not to write To build up, develop on a large scale To support or confirm a decision To punch upwards towards someone's chin

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Uprise Upset Upspring Upsweep Uptear

Uprose Upset Upsprang Upswept Uptore

Uprisen Upset Upsprung Upswept Uptorn

To get up, stand up, move up To return from the dead To make somebody unhappy or disturbed To jump or spring up To sweep or brush upwards To tear into pieces

V
Base Form Vex Past Simple Vext/Vexed Past Participle Vext/Vexed
Definition To trouble or annoy

W
Base Form Wake Waylay Wear Weave Wed Weep Wend Wet Whipsaw Win Wind Winterfeed Wiredraw Wit Withdraw Withhold Withstand Wont Work Wrap Wreak Wring Write Past Simple Woke Waylaid Wore Wove Wed/Wedded Wept Wended/Went Wet/Wetted Whipsawed Won Wound Winterfed Wiredrew Wist Withdrew Withheld Withstood Wont Worked/Wrought Wrapped/Wrapt Wreaked Wrung Wrote Past Participle Woken Waylaid Worn Woven Wed/Wedded Wept Wended/Went Wet/Wetted Whipsawn/Whipsawed Won Wound Winterfed Wiredrawn Wist Withdrawn Withheld Withstood Wont/Wonted Worked/Wrought Wrapped/Wrapt Wreaked/Wroken Wrung Written
Definition To stop sleeping and become conscious To make somebody stop sleeping To wait for or to stop somebody to rob them To have clothes on your body To make material To marry To cry heavily To go, make your way To make something wet by applying a liquid to it To cut with whipsaw (a saw for two people) To victimise To be the best in a competition, game, election, etc. To turn something round to make a mechanical process operate To feed cattle in the winter when they can't graze To make wire To make something last a long time, especially speech To know To remove money from a bank To remove something from a place Not to let somebody have something To resist successfully To be accustomed To make physical or mental effort to produce or achieve something To cover To transport emotionally To cause or make something happen To put a lot of pressure on something to remove liquids To put words onto paper using a pen or pencil

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Base Form Zinc Past Simple Zinced/Zincked Past Participle Zinced/Zincked
Definition To coat or cover something with a layer of zinc

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