Past simple and past participle
wind
Wind is an irregular verb: its past simple is wound and its past participle is wound.
- Base form
- wind
- Past simple
- wound
- Past participle
- wound
- Definition
- Wrap (thread, rope, etc.) around itself or something else; turn the key or knob of (a clock or watch) to make it run.
- Example
- “He wound the old clock every Sunday.”
- CEFR level
- B2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.