What part of speech is huddled?

Huddled can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. huddled is a verb, past participle of huddle (infinitive).
  • 2. huddled is a verb, past simple of huddle (infinitive).
  • 3. huddled is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more huddled
    most huddled
  • Positive: huddled 
  • Comparative: more huddled
  • Superlative: most huddled

What does huddled mean?

Definitions

Adjective

huddled - crowded or massed together; "give me...your huddled masses"; "the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind"

Verb

huddle - crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!"
huddle - crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"

Examples of huddled

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Give me...your huddled masses.
2. adj. The huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind.
3. verb And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
4. verb And all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
5. verb Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
6. verb Remarking on the incessant rain, John huddled under his umbrella and strode off to work.
7. verb Mary is huddled on the couch.
8. verb Several children were huddled around the fire.
9. verb They huddled together.
10. verb We huddled together and talked about all sorts of things into the wee hours of the night.
11. verb All the sheep were huddled together in the shade of the only tree in the paddock.
12. verb We huddled into that tent, 19 below, that day. I'll never forget it.
13. verb They huddled close together to stay warm.
14. verb The penguins huddled together to stay warm.
15. verb At last she came to the rose-bush from which her father had plucked the rose, and there, under it, what do you think she saw! There was the Beast lying huddled up without any life or motion. Then Bella was sorry indeed and remembered all the kindness that the Beast had shown her; and she threw herself down by it and said, "Oh, Beast, Beast, why did you die? I was getting to love you so much."
16. verb The window of the room was open, and beside the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his nightdress.
17. verb They huddled around the campfire.
18. noun A huddle of frightened women.
Sentence  
adj.
Give me...your huddled masses.
The huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind.
verb
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
And all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Remarking on the incessant rain, John huddled under his umbrella and strode off to work.
Mary is huddled on the couch.
Several children were huddled around the fire.
They huddled together.
We huddled together and talked about all sorts of things into the wee hours of the night.
All the sheep were huddled together in the shade of the only tree in the paddock.
We huddled into that tent, 19 below, that day. I'll never forget it.
They huddled close together to stay warm.
The penguins huddled together to stay warm.
At last she came to the rose-bush from which her father had plucked the rose, and there, under it, what do you think she saw! There was the Beast lying huddled up without any life or motion. Then Bella was sorry indeed and remembered all the kindness that the Beast had shown her; and she threw herself down by it and said, "Oh, Beast, Beast, why did you die? I was getting to love you so much."
The window of the room was open, and beside the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his nightdress.
They huddled around the campfire.
noun
A huddle of frightened women.

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