Meaning & use
paddleboarded
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“paddleboarded” is a form of “paddleboard”.
Meaning
verbintransitive
stood or knelt on a long board and moved it across water using a paddle.
Grammar: No object; often used with 'on' or 'in' to say where: paddleboarded on the lake.
Patterns
- paddleboarded on something
- paddleboarded in something
Last summer we paddleboarded on the calm bay every morning.
She had never paddleboarded before, so she took a lesson.
They paddleboarded across the lake and back before lunch.
Word forms
| base form | paddleboard |
|---|---|
| third person singular | paddleboards |
| past tense | paddleboarded |
| past participle | paddleboarded |
| -ing form | paddleboarding |
Common combinations
- paddleboard on a lake
- We paddleboarded on a lake in the mountains.
- paddleboard along the coast
- They paddleboarded along the coast at sunset.
- go paddleboarding
- We went paddleboarding at the beach last weekend.
- paddleboard for the first time
- He paddleboarded for the first time and loved it.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- paddleboard noun
- the long board used for this activity
- paddleboarder noun
- a person who paddleboards
- paddleboarding noun
- the activity of using a paddleboard
Commonly confused: paddleboarded or paddle boat?
paddleboarded vs paddle boat
A paddle boat is a small boat powered by pedals or a paddle wheel, not a board you stand on.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence.
Choose one answer.
The verb 'paddleboard' is intransitive, so it needs a preposition like 'on' before a place, and the past tense 'paddleboarded' matches 'yesterday'. Option 1 is wrong because it lacks 'on'; option 2 is wrong because it uses a passive form that makes no sense; option 3 is wrong because 'paddleboards' is present tense and does not match 'yesterday'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “paddleboarded”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.