English · Common Verbs

laughed

/lɑːft/

[/lɑːft/]

past tense of laugh

Beginnerverb

Definition

Past tense and past participle of 'laugh': to have make sounds showing you are happy in the past.

Example

We laughed so much at the funny film that our cheeks began to ache.

We laughed so much at the funny film that our cheeks began to ache.

Etymology

From Old English 'hlæhhan', of Germanic and imitative origin.

How & Where It’s Used

Used to describe a completed action in the past.

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