peered
SayPEERDUS/pɪ(ə)ɹd/UK/pɪə̯d/
- 1Simple past and past participle of peer.
He peered over the fence to watch the party next door.
The hikers had peered down into the canyon before turning back.
Note
A regular -ed form, spelled the same for the simple past (she peered) and the perfect (she had peered). The looking verb is intransitive, so it reaches its object through a preposition: one peers over a fence or into a canyon, never 'peers the canyon.' The same spelling serves the networking verb, where providers that have peered carry each other's traffic without payment, and the rarer sense of making equal in rank.
peered is a form of peer
peer, verb: To look with difficulty or concentration, as if searching for something. Full entry
- Spelling
- peer → peered: add -ed
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