A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.
Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
To apply a tense to.
To make tense.
To become tense.
Pulled taut, without any slack.
Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.