Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ambush
Participle: ambushed
Gerund: ambushing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ambush |
| you | ambush |
| he;she;it | ambushes |
| we | ambush |
| you | ambush |
| they | ambush |
Perfect
| I | have ambushed |
| you | have ambushed |
| he;she;it | has ambushed |
| we | have ambushed |
| you | have ambushed |
| they | have ambushed |
Past
| I | ambushed |
| you | ambushed |
| he;she;it | ambushed |
| we | ambushed |
| you | ambushed |
| they | ambushed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ambushed |
| you | had ambushed |
| he;she;it | had ambushed |
| we | had ambushed |
| you | had ambushed |
| they | had ambushed |
Future
| I | will ambush |
| you | will ambush |
| he;she;it | will ambush |
| we | will ambush |
| you | will ambush |
| they | will ambush |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ambushed |
| you | will have ambushed |
| he;she;it | will have ambushed |
| we | will have ambushed |
| you | will have ambushed |
| they | will have ambushed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ambush |
| you | ambush |
| he;she;it | ambush |
| we | ambush |
| you | ambush |
| they | ambush |
Perfect
| I | have ambushed |
| you | have ambushed |
| he;she;it | have ambushed |
| we | have ambushed |
| you | have ambushed |
| they | have ambushed |
Imperfect
| I | ambushed |
| you | ambushed |
| he;she;it | ambushed |
| we | ambushed |
| you | ambushed |
| they | ambushed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ambushed |
| you | had ambushed |
| he;she;it | had ambushed |
| we | had ambushed |
| you | had ambushed |
| they | had ambushed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ambush |
| you | would ambush |
| he;she;it | would ambush |
| we | would ambush |
| you | would ambush |
| they | would ambush |
Perfect
| I | would have ambushed |
| you | would have ambushed |
| he;she;it | would have ambushed |
| we | would have ambushed |
| you | would have ambushed |
| they | would have ambushed |
Imperative
| you | ambush |
| we | Let's ambush |
| you | ambush |
Verbs conjugated like 'ambush'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ambush'
embush,
abash,
abuse,
ambass,
amuse,
bambosh,
bush,
embus,
embusy,
enambush,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr.
embuscher "to lay an ambush," from
en- "in" +
busch "wood," apparently from Frank.
*busk "bush, woods" (see bush). Variant form
ambuscade (1582) was reborrowed from Fr., sometimes
ambuscado, with faux Sp. ending popular in Eng. 17c.
2. From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”) (whence also bouquet), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush. See: Old French '
enbuscier'.
Sample Sentences
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By ambuſh’d men, behind their Temple laid, / VVe have the King of Mexico betray’d. [1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 9:]
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The contrast with the start was profound. In the opening 40 minutes Löw’s team had been ambushed here, the world champions run into a state of breathless trauma by a thrillingly vibrant Mexico attack. [2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:]