laugh is on the Basic English 850 List.
late - laugh - law
laugh is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
late - laugh - law

Pronunciation change

Verb change

Plain form
laugh

Third-person singular
laughs

Past tense
laughed

Past participle
laughed

Present participle
laughing

  1. Someone laughs when they make a sound with their mouth because they think something is funny. It can sound like "ha ha", "ho ho", "hee hee", etc.
    That was a really good joke. I've never laughed so hard!

Noun change

Singular
laugh

Plural
laughs

  1. The sound of someone laughing, or the action of laughing.
    We had lots of good laughs at the party.
    I heard a laugh in the other room and went to see what they were laughing at.