What part of speech is tonsured?

Tonsured can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

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

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more tonsured
    most tonsured
  • Positive: tonsured 
  • Comparative: more tonsured
  • Superlative: most tonsured

What does tonsured mean?

Definitions

Adjective

tonsured - having a bald spot either shaved or natural; "tonsured monks"

Verb

tonsure - shave the head of a newly inducted monk

Examples of tonsured

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Tonsured monks.
2. verb Tom was tonsured a monk.
3. verb He hasn't been tonsured yet; he's a novice.
Sentence  
adj.
Tonsured monks.
verb
Tom was tonsured a monk.
He hasn't been tonsured yet; he's a novice.

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