English Irregular Verbs

There are many Irregular Verbs in English which do not conform to the pattern. The principal parts of the English verb are the base form, the simple past, and the past participle. For regular verbs, the simple past and the past participle are spelled the same and are created by adding ed to the base form. However, there are many irregular verbs in English which do not conform to this pattern.

The additional forms of the verb in English are the s form (3rd person singular present), and the present participle, which is created by adding ing to the base form. There are no irregular forms of the present participle, so the spelling of any verb will adhere to the rules of spelling for regular inflection.

A comprehensive list of 619 English irregular verbs, including their base form, past simple, past participle and definitions is here below.

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle	Definition
Offset	Offset	Offset	To compenaste or counterbalance
Outbid	Outbid	Outbid	To offer more money than someone in an auction or sale
Outbreed	Outbred	Outbred	To breed faster than others
Outdo	Outdid	Outdone	To do better than someone
Outdraw	Outdrew	Outdrawn	To pull out To pull a gun faster than an opponent
Outdrink	Outdrank	Outdrunk	To drink more than someone else, usually alcohol
Outdrive	Outdrove	Outdriven	To drive faster or better
Outfight	Outfought	Outfought	To fight better than someone
Outfly	Outflew	Outflown	To fly faster or further
Outgrow	Outgrew	Outgrown	To grow faster than something or someone To become too big or mature for something
Outlay	Outlaid	Outlaid	To spend money for a particular purpose
Outleap	Outleapt/Outleaped	Outleapt/Outleaped	To jump or leap further or higher
Output	Output/Outputted	Output/Outputted	To put out or produce
Outride	Outrode	Outridden	To ride faster than someone
Outrun	Outran	Outrun	To run or go faster than someone
Outsee	Outsaw	Outseen	To see further To have greater foresight
Outsell	Outsold	Outsold	To sell more than something or someone
Outshine	Outshone	Outshone	To be better than someone
Outshoot	Outshot	Outshot	To shoot faster or better
Outsing	Outsang	Outsung	To sing better or louder than someone
Outsit	Outsat	Outsat	To sit for longer than someone
Outsleep	Outslept	Outslept	To sleep for longer than someone
Outsmell	Outsmelt/Outsmelled	Outsmelt/Outsmelled	To have a better sense of smell
Outspeak	Outspoke	Outspoken	To speak better or more than someone
Outspeed	Outsped	Outsped	To go faster than someone or something
Outspend	Outspent	Outspent	To spend more than someone
Outspin	Outspun	Outspun	To finish or die
Outspring	Outsprang	Outsprung	To spring or jump out
Outstand	Outstood	Outstood	To be clearly different or better
Outswear	Outswore	Outsworn	To exceed someone in swearing- oaths or bad language
Outswim	Outswam	Outswum	To swim faster or further than someone
Outtell	Outtold	Outtold	To be better or exceed in telling or calculating
Outthink	Outthought	Outthought	To think better ideas than someone
Outthrow	Outthrew	Outthrown	To throw further or more accurately
Outwear	Outwore	Outworn	To last longer (of materials, clothes, etc)
Outwind	Outwound	Outwound	To unloose
Outwork	Outworked/Outwrought	Outworked/Outwrought	To work harder or better
Outwrite	Outwrote	Outwritten	To be better at writing
Overbear	Overbore	Overborne	To use force or authority to control
Overbid	Overbid	Overbid	To bid more something is worth To bid more than you can win in a card game
Overblow	Overblew	Overblown	To become subdued To blow away To force too much
Overbreed	Overbred	Overbred	To breed too much so that features become excessive
Overbuild	Overbuilt	Overbuilt	To build too much, overdevelop
Overbuy	Overbought	Overbought	To buy too much To pay too much
Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	To become cloudy To sew with overcast stitiches (long slanting stitches)
Overcome	Overcame	Overcome	To master a problem or difficult situation To become helpless because of excessive emotions or physical difficulties
Overcut	Overcut	Overcut	To cut down more trees than permitted
Overdo	Overdid	Overdone	To do something to excess To cook something too much
Overdraw	Overdrew	Overdrawn	To take money out of an account so that a negative balance results
Overdrink	Overdrank	Overdrunk	To drink too much
Overdrive	Overdrove	Overdriven	To drive or work something too hard
Overeat	Overate	Overeaten	To eat too much
Overfeed	Overfed	Overfed	To give too much food
Overfly	Overflew	Overflown	To fly over a place
Overgrow	Overgrew	Overgrown	To grow too big or beyond a limit or boundary
Overhang	Overhung	Overhung	To be above something
Overhear	Overheard	Overheard	To hear something accidently that was not said to you
Overlay	Overlaid	Overlaid	To cover something with a layer
Overleap	Overleapt/Overleaped	Overleapt/Overleaped	To jump over
Overlearn	Overlearnt/Overlearned	Overlearnt/Overlearned	To continue learning afer having reached a basic proficiency
Overlie	Overlay	Overlain	To lie on top of To kill by lying on top of
Overpass	Overpast/Overpassed	Overpast/Overpassed	To cross, pass over
Overpay	Overpaid	Overpaid	To pay too much
Override	Overrode	Overridden	To ride through an enemy's country
Overrun	Overran	Overrun	To flood To invade and take control
Oversee	Oversaw	Overseen	To observe people's work to make sure that it is done properly
Oversell	Oversold	Oversold	To sell too much To publicise too much
Overset	Overset	Overset	To overpower
Oversew	Oversewed	Oversewn/Oversewed	To sew two edges together with stitches overlapping both
Overshoot	Overshot	Overshot	To go past a limit
Oversleep	Overslept	Overslept	To sleep too late
Oversow	Oversowed	Oversown/Oversowed	To sow on land that has already be sown
Overspeak	Overspoke	Overspoken	To speak too long or use too many words
Overspend	Overspent	Overspent	To spend more than allowed or budgeted
Overspill	Overspilt/Overspilled	Overspilt/Overspilled	To spill over To have a population that exceeds the space available
Overspin	Overspun	Overspun	To make something last too long
Overspread	Overspread	Overspread	To cover something
Overspring	Oversprang	Oversprung	To jump over
Overstand	Overstood	Overstood	Lose a sale of deal by sticking to a price or conditions unacceptable to the other party
Overstrew	Overstrewed	Overstrewed/Overstrewn	To sprinkle or strew something onto another thing
Overstride	Overstrode	Overstridden	To walk across or over To walk faster than someone To dominate
Overstrike	Overstruck	Overstruck	To stamp a new value or inscription on a old coin
Overstring	Overstrung	Overstrung	To tie a string too tightly To string piano bass strings across treble strings
Overtake	Overtook	Overtaken	To pass a vehicle that is going more slowly
Overthink	Overthought	Overthought	To think or plan too much
Overthrow	Overthrew	Overthrown	To remove someone forcibly from government or power
Overwear	Overwore	Overworn	To wear something too much or often, or wear it out
Overwind	Overwound	Overwound	To wind a clock or something too much so it strains the spring
Overwithhold	Overwithheld	Overwithheld	To deduct too much tax from a payment or salary
Overwrite	Overwrote	Overwritten	To record data on top of existing data, erasing the original

A comprehensive list of 619 English irregular verbs, including their base form, past simple, past participle and definitions is here below.

English Irregular Verbs Index

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