Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bowstring
Participle: bowstringed
Gerund: bowstringing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bowstring |
| you | bowstring |
| he;she;it | bowstrings |
| we | bowstring |
| you | bowstring |
| they | bowstring |
Perfect
| I | have bowstringed |
| you | have bowstringed |
| he;she;it | has bowstringed |
| we | have bowstringed |
| you | have bowstringed |
| they | have bowstringed |
Past
| I | bowstringed |
| you | bowstringed |
| he;she;it | bowstringed |
| we | bowstringed |
| you | bowstringed |
| they | bowstringed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bowstringed |
| you | had bowstringed |
| he;she;it | had bowstringed |
| we | had bowstringed |
| you | had bowstringed |
| they | had bowstringed |
Future
| I | will bowstring |
| you | will bowstring |
| he;she;it | will bowstring |
| we | will bowstring |
| you | will bowstring |
| they | will bowstring |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bowstringed |
| you | will have bowstringed |
| he;she;it | will have bowstringed |
| we | will have bowstringed |
| you | will have bowstringed |
| they | will have bowstringed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bowstring |
| you | bowstring |
| he;she;it | bowstring |
| we | bowstring |
| you | bowstring |
| they | bowstring |
Perfect
| I | have bowstringed |
| you | have bowstringed |
| he;she;it | have bowstringed |
| we | have bowstringed |
| you | have bowstringed |
| they | have bowstringed |
Imperfect
| I | bowstringed |
| you | bowstringed |
| he;she;it | bowstringed |
| we | bowstringed |
| you | bowstringed |
| they | bowstringed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bowstringed |
| you | had bowstringed |
| he;she;it | had bowstringed |
| we | had bowstringed |
| you | had bowstringed |
| they | had bowstringed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bowstring |
| you | would bowstring |
| he;she;it | would bowstring |
| we | would bowstring |
| you | would bowstring |
| they | would bowstring |
Perfect
| I | would have bowstringed |
| you | would have bowstringed |
| he;she;it | would have bowstringed |
| we | would have bowstringed |
| you | would have bowstringed |
| they | would have bowstringed |
Imperative
| you | bowstring |
| we | Let's bowstring |
| you | bowstring |
Verbs conjugated like 'bowstring'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bowstring'
constringe,
destring,
hamstring,
obstringe,
outring,
restring,
string,
substring,
unstring,
abstringe,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From bow + string.
Sample Sentences
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When the day broke […] it was high time for her to get up and be bowstrung—a thing very little more pleasant than hanging, only a trifle more genteel. [1850, Edgar Allan Poe, The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade:]
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1909, O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), A Municipal Report
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I have seen (on one of my imaginary tours) the Sultan of Turkey bowstring with his own hands one of his wives who had uncovered her face in public.