Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chow
Participle: chowed
Gerund: chowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chow |
| you | chow |
| he;she;it | chows |
| we | chow |
| you | chow |
| they | chow |
Perfect
| I | have chowed |
| you | have chowed |
| he;she;it | has chowed |
| we | have chowed |
| you | have chowed |
| they | have chowed |
Past
| I | chowed |
| you | chowed |
| he;she;it | chowed |
| we | chowed |
| you | chowed |
| they | chowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had chowed |
| you | had chowed |
| he;she;it | had chowed |
| we | had chowed |
| you | had chowed |
| they | had chowed |
Future
| I | will chow |
| you | will chow |
| he;she;it | will chow |
| we | will chow |
| you | will chow |
| they | will chow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chowed |
| you | will have chowed |
| he;she;it | will have chowed |
| we | will have chowed |
| you | will have chowed |
| they | will have chowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chow |
| you | chow |
| he;she;it | chow |
| we | chow |
| you | chow |
| they | chow |
Perfect
| I | have chowed |
| you | have chowed |
| he;she;it | have chowed |
| we | have chowed |
| you | have chowed |
| they | have chowed |
Imperfect
| I | chowed |
| you | chowed |
| he;she;it | chowed |
| we | chowed |
| you | chowed |
| they | chowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had chowed |
| you | had chowed |
| he;she;it | had chowed |
| we | had chowed |
| you | had chowed |
| they | had chowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chow |
| you | would chow |
| he;she;it | would chow |
| we | would chow |
| you | would chow |
| they | would chow |
Perfect
| I | would have chowed |
| you | would have chowed |
| he;she;it | would have chowed |
| we | would have chowed |
| you | would have chowed |
| they | would have chowed |
Imperative
| you | chow |
| we | Let's chow |
| you | chow |
Verbs conjugated like 'chow'
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 'chow'
chaw,
chew,
chop,
cow,
crow,
show,
achoo,
ahoy,
avow,
blow,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Shortened from chow-chow, from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow. Compare Macanese chau-cháu. See also English chow fun, chow mein, etc. See: Macanese 'chau-cháu'.
Sample Sentences
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[…] while the adversary on his right will repeatedly bury in the discard the very tiles he wishes to chow but can't. [2007, Eleanor Noss Whitney, A Mah Jong Handbook: How to Play, Score, and Win, page 154:]