What part of speech is trapped?

"Trapped" can be several parts of speech, depending on how it's used in a sentence:

* Adjective: Describing something that is caught or confined.

* Example: "The trapped animal cried out."

* Verb (past participle): Indicating that something has been caught or confined.

* Example: "They were trapped in the elevator."

* Verb (past tense): Indicating an action of catching or confining.

* Example: "The firefighters trapped the fire in one room."

So, to determine the part of speech, you need to look at its context within a sentence.