inspect the plumbing in English

Forms: inspects the plumbing [present, singular, third-person], inspecting the plumbing [participle, present], inspected the plumbing [participle, past], inspected the plumbing [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} inspect the plumbing (third-person singular simple present inspects the plumbing, present participle inspecting the plumbing, simple past and past participle inspected the plumbing)

Inflected forms

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"inspect the plumbing" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms