whispered
- 1Simple past and past participle of whisper.
The children whispered behind their hands during the assembly.
A name was whispered through the crowd before anyone confirmed it.
Note
A regular form: one spelling in -ed covers both the simple past (she whispered) and the participle (had whispered). Because whisper can take an object, the participle also forms passives. Its confidential sense gives the familiar rumor frame, it was whispered that… An older pattern, now obsolete, made the listener the object: she whispered him, meaning she spoke to him in a low voice.
whispered is a form of whisper
whisper, verb: To speak very softly, using breath rather than the vibration of the vocal cords, so that only someone nearby can hear. Full entry
- Forms
- whisperwhispers he/she/itwhispering -ing formwhispered past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- whisper → whispered: add -ed
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