Special collection of verbs.

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Hi!
Can anyone provide examples of verbs that is an infinitive and a past form of another verb in the same time, of course, with a different meaning?
Ex: Find Found [past form] Found
Found [infinitive] Founded Founded

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Lay is another one.
 

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Past Tenses (and present):
bound, ground, wound
(with a change in pronunciation); saw, weed, fell ...
 
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Past Tenses (and present):
bound, ground, wound
(with a change in pronunciation); saw, weed, fell ...
I did not find "weed" as a past form of any verb. Can you tell me its infinitive?
 

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'to wee' (to urinate). [link]
 
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Any other suggestions?
 

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see/saw/seen
saw/sawed/sawed or sawn
 

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"I picked up my hammer and saw. " :)

Pronounced the same but spelled differently: flew/flu/flue.
 
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see/saw/seen
saw/sawed/sawed or sawn
This one has been mentioned by Raymott. Please, can you provide another one?
 
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Are flu and flue verbs?
No, he did not mean only verbs. He gave just words, not necessarily verbs, as an additional piece of information.
 
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