What part of speech is pickled?

Pickled can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

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

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more pickled
    most pickled
  • Positive: pickled 
  • Comparative: more pickled
  • Superlative: most pickled

What does pickled mean?

Definitions

Adjective

pickled - (used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid

Verb

pickle - preserve in a pickling liquid

Examples of pickled

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The pickled radish needs a touch of salt.
2. adj. Chop the pickled cabbage finely.
3. adj. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
4. adj. Her face made me think of a pickled herring in curl papers.
5. adj. I hid the fact that I don't like pickled foods from her for almost two years.
6. adj. "Why are you making that face?" "I ate some Japanese pickled plums, and they were really salty."
7. adj. I love making foreigners try Japanese pickled plums.
8. verb Why would anybody eat pickled cabbage?
9. verb Where can I find pickled herring around here?
10. verb Do you know how to pickle?
Sentence  
adj.
The pickled radish needs a touch of salt.
Chop the pickled cabbage finely.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Her face made me think of a pickled herring in curl papers.
I hid the fact that I don't like pickled foods from her for almost two years.
"Why are you making that face?" "I ate some Japanese pickled plums, and they were really salty."
I love making foreigners try Japanese pickled plums.
verb
Why would anybody eat pickled cabbage?
Where can I find pickled herring around here?
Do you know how to pickle?

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