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clad¹	a past tense and past participle of "clothe."
clung	past tense and past participle of "cling."
crept	past tense and past participle of "creep."
cried	past tense and past participle of "cry."
dealt	past tense and past participle of "deal¹."
did	past tense of "do¹."
dove²	a past tense of "dive."
drank	past tense of "drink."
dreamt	a past tense and past participle of "dream."
drew	past tense of "draw."
dried	past tense and past participle of "dry." [1/2 definitions]
drove¹	past tense of "drive."
dug¹	past tense and past participle of "dig."
-ed	a suffix used to form the past tense of regular verbs. [1/2 definitions]
fed	past tense and past participle of "feed."
fell¹	past tense of "fall."
felt¹	past tense and past participle of "feel."
fled	past tense and past participle of "flee."
flew	a past tense of "fly¹."
flied	a past tense and past participle of "fly¹" (used with verb sense 6).
flung	past tense and past participle of "fling."

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