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Irregular verbs 6
Irregular verb forms and meaning (starting with s)
Infinitive | past | past participle | definition |
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say | said | said | utter aloud, pronounce |
see | saw | seen | perceive with the eye |
seek | sought | sought | search for; try to locate or discover |
sell | sold | sold | exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
send | sent | sent | dispatch; give off; transmit a message or messages |
set | set | set | place; prepare; get something ready |
sew | sewed | sewn | fasten by stitching |
shake | shook | shaken | cause to quiver, tremble, vibrate or rock |
shine | shone | shone | emit light; excel |
shoot | shot | shot | hit, wound or kill with a missile fired from a weapon; discharge; detonate |
show | showed | shown | display |
shut | shut | shut | fasten with a lock; close |
sing | sang | sung | utter a series of words or sounds in musical tones |
sit | sat | sat | rest with the torso vertical and the body supported by the buttocks |
sleep | slept | slept | be in the state of sleep (a natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body) |
smell | smelt (smelled) | smelt (smelled) | perceive the scent of something by means of the olfactory nerves |
speak | spoke | spoken | utter words or articulate soudns with ordinary speech modulation |
spell | spelt (spelled) | spelt (spelled) | name or write in order the letters constituting a word; signify |
spend | spent | spent | usen up; wear out; pass time |
split | split | split | divide |
spread | spread | spread | stretch, open to a fuller extent |
spring | sprang | sprung | move upward or forward with quick moves; leap |
stand | stood | stood | rise to an upright position on the feet; maintain that position |
steal | stole | stolen | take the property of another without permission; commit theft |
stick | stuck | stuck | pierce with a pointed instrument; fasten or attach |
sting | stung | stung | pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure |
stink | stank | stunk | emit a strong foul odour |
strike | struck | struck | hit sharply; inflict a blow |
swear | swore | swore | make a solemn declaration or promise; vow |
sweep | swept | swept | clean or clear with or as if with a broom or brush |
swim | swam | swum | move through water by means of the limbs, fins or tail |