starfished
USSTAR-fisht/ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃt/UKSTAH-fisht/ˈstɑːfɪʃt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of starfish.
The toddler starfished in the middle of the mattress, leaving no space for his parents.
Worn out from the hike, he starfished on the cabin floor and groaned.
Note
A regular past built on a verb made from the animal's name: one -ed form serves as both simple past (she starfished on the bed) and participle (he had starfished across the sofa). Most uses are intransitive, describing a body splaying out, often while floating on water. The verb can also take an object, so a passive such as his limbs were starfished across the sheets is possible.
starfished is a form of starfish
starfish, verb: To take on a splayed-out shape, with arms and legs spread wide like a starfish. Full entry
- Forms
- starfishstarfishes he/she/itstarfishing -ing formstarfished past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- starfish → starfished: add -ed
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