Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chalk sth up
Participle: chalked sth up
Gerund: chalking sth up
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chalk sth up |
| you | chalk sth up |
| he;she;it | chalks sth up |
| we | chalk sth up |
| you | chalk sth up |
| they | chalk sth up |
Perfect
| I | have chalked sth up |
| you | have chalked sth up |
| he;she;it | has chalked sth up |
| we | have chalked sth up |
| you | have chalked sth up |
| they | have chalked sth up |
Past
| I | chalked sth up |
| you | chalked sth up |
| he;she;it | chalked sth up |
| we | chalked sth up |
| you | chalked sth up |
| they | chalked sth up |
Pluperfect
| I | had chalked sth up |
| you | had chalked sth up |
| he;she;it | had chalked sth up |
| we | had chalked sth up |
| you | had chalked sth up |
| they | had chalked sth up |
Future
| I | will chalk sth up |
| you | will chalk sth up |
| he;she;it | will chalk sth up |
| we | will chalk sth up |
| you | will chalk sth up |
| they | will chalk sth up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chalked sth up |
| you | will have chalked sth up |
| he;she;it | will have chalked sth up |
| we | will have chalked sth up |
| you | will have chalked sth up |
| they | will have chalked sth up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chalk sth up |
| you | chalk sth up |
| he;she;it | chalk sth up |
| we | chalk sth up |
| you | chalk sth up |
| they | chalk sth up |
Perfect
| I | have chalked sth up |
| you | have chalked sth up |
| he;she;it | have chalked sth up |
| we | have chalked sth up |
| you | have chalked sth up |
| they | have chalked sth up |
Imperfect
| I | chalked sth up |
| you | chalked sth up |
| he;she;it | chalked sth up |
| we | chalked sth up |
| you | chalked sth up |
| they | chalked sth up |
Pluperfect
| I | had chalked sth up |
| you | had chalked sth up |
| he;she;it | had chalked sth up |
| we | had chalked sth up |
| you | had chalked sth up |
| they | had chalked sth up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chalk sth up |
| you | would chalk sth up |
| he;she;it | would chalk sth up |
| we | would chalk sth up |
| you | would chalk sth up |
| they | would chalk sth up |
Perfect
| I | would have chalked sth up |
| you | would have chalked sth up |
| he;she;it | would have chalked sth up |
| we | would have chalked sth up |
| you | would have chalked sth up |
| they | would have chalked sth up |
Imperative
| you | chalk sth up |
| we | Let's chalk sth up |
| you | chalk sth up |
Verbs conjugated like 'chalk'
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 'chalk'
calk,
chack,
chak,
chank,
chark,
chaulk,
balk,
bechalk,
cack,
call,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Latin calxbor.
3. Proto-West Germanic *kalk
4. Old English ċealc
5. Middle English chalk
6. English chalk
7. Inherited from Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.
Sample Sentences
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chalk your hands before climbing
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After a leg stretch, we set off again at 11:30 hours in charge of U.S.A. No. 1736 (Miss Ohio had been chalked on her), a 2-8-0 utility engine. [1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:]
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This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes / The man that ſeeks the everlaſting Prize: / It ſhevvs you vvhence he comes, vvhither he goes, / VVhat he leaves undone; alſo vvhat he does: / It alſo ſhovvs you hovv he runs, and runs, / Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes. [1678, John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, in The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC:]
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Land that is chalked [1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:]
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Fear Stared in her eyes, and chalked her face [1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:]