tossed
TAWST/tɔst/UKTOST/tɒst/
- 1Simple past and past participle of toss.
The chef tossed the salad with a light vinaigrette before serving.
The small boat was tossed by the waves throughout the night.
Note
One spelling does double duty here. It is the plain past (she tossed the ball), and after have or be it is the participle of perfect and passive forms. The passive suits toss's rougher meanings: a mind made restless, a person harassed by trials, a boat flung about. The 'throw away' meaning stays informal, as when an old letter simply got tossed.
tossed is a form of toss
toss, verb: To throw something so that it first moves upward. Full entry
- Spelling
- toss → tossed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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