What part of speech is thundered?

Thundered can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. thundered is a verb, past participle of thunder (infinitive).
  • 2. thundered is a verb, past simple of thunder (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does thundered mean?

Definitions

Verb

thunder - utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"
thunder - to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"
thunder - move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road"
thunder - be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"

Examples of thundered

#   Sentence  
1. verb First it thundered, and then it started to rain.
2. verb During the game, it suddenly began to rain and it thundered, too.
3. verb It thundered, and bright flashes of lightning now and again shot across the sky, turning it into a sea of fire.
4. verb It poured rain, it hailed, it thundered, and the lightning was so bright that it turned the night into day.
5. verb Tom and his children watched in awe as the magnificent old steam train thundered past.
6. verb His fist thundered on the table.
7. verb The guns thundered away all night.
8. verb Sami thundered after Layla down the hall.
9. verb It was a spacious harbour, sheltered deep / from access of the winds, but looming vast / with awful ravage, AEtna's neighbouring steep / thundered aloud, and, dark with clouds, upcast / smoke and red cinders in a whirlwind's blast. / Live balls of flame, with showers of sparks, upflew / and licked the stars, and in combustion massed, / torn rocks, her ragged entrails, molten new, / the rumbling mount belched forth from out the boiling stew.
10. verb In the evening the sky became overcast with dark clouds; it thundered, and lightened, and the huge icebergs, glittering in the bright lightning, were lifted high into the air by the black waves.
11. verb The player thundered a shot against the crossbar.
Sentence  
verb
First it thundered, and then it started to rain.
During the game, it suddenly began to rain and it thundered, too.
It thundered, and bright flashes of lightning now and again shot across the sky, turning it into a sea of fire.
It poured rain, it hailed, it thundered, and the lightning was so bright that it turned the night into day.
Tom and his children watched in awe as the magnificent old steam train thundered past.
His fist thundered on the table.
The guns thundered away all night.
Sami thundered after Layla down the hall.
It was a spacious harbour, sheltered deep / from access of the winds, but looming vast / with awful ravage, AEtna's neighbouring steep / thundered aloud, and, dark with clouds, upcast / smoke and red cinders in a whirlwind's blast. / Live balls of flame, with showers of sparks, upflew / and licked the stars, and in combustion massed, / torn rocks, her ragged entrails, molten new, / the rumbling mount belched forth from out the boiling stew.
In the evening the sky became overcast with dark clouds; it thundered, and lightened, and the huge icebergs, glittering in the bright lightning, were lifted high into the air by the black waves.
The player thundered a shot against the crossbar.

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