What is the past tense of bear?
The past tense of bear is bore, and the past participle is born.
Bear is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.
All forms of bear
as a noun
- base
- bear
- plural
- bears
as a verb
- base
- bear
- past tense
- bore
- past participle
- born
- present participle
- bearing
- third-person singular
- bears