papered
USPAY-purd/ˈpeɪpɚd/UKPAY-puhd/ˈpeɪpəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of paper.
The decorators papered the hallway in a soft floral print.
He had papered over the worst cracks before the inspection.
Note
A regular past form: one -ed spelling serves the simple past, the perfect after had, and the passive after was. Every meaning of paper takes an object, so the passive comes naturally: the walls were papered, the court was papered with official filings. The theater use is worth knowing. A house that has been papered was filled with complimentary seats, not sold to paying customers.
papered is a form of paper
paper, verb: To cover or line a surface with paper, as in decorating a wall. Full entry
- Spelling
- paper → papered: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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