surged
SaySURJDUS/sɝd͡ʒd/UK/sɜːd͡ʒd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of surge.
The river surged over its banks after three days of heavy rain.
Electricity demand surged across the region during the heat wave.
Note
One spelling covers both the past tense and the participle: the regular -d added to a verb that already ends in e. Because surge is mostly intransitive (rivers, prices and crowds surge on their own), the participle normally pairs with have, as in demand has surged. A passive is rare except in the transitive use meaning to slack off a line, where a rope can be surged. An engine whose compressor airflow briefly reverses is also said to have surged.
surged is a form of surge
surge, verb: To rush forward, flood, or increase suddenly. Full entry
- Spelling
- surge → surged: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with surged, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.