Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hamstring
Participle: hamstrung
Gerund: hamstringing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hamstring |
| you | hamstring |
| he;she;it | hamstrings |
| we | hamstring |
| you | hamstring |
| they | hamstring |
Perfect
| I | have hamstrung |
| you | have hamstrung |
| he;she;it | has hamstrung |
| we | have hamstrung |
| you | have hamstrung |
| they | have hamstrung |
Past
| I | hamstrung |
| you | hamstrung |
| he;she;it | hamstrung |
| we | hamstrung |
| you | hamstrung |
| they | hamstrung |
Pluperfect
| I | had hamstrung |
| you | had hamstrung |
| he;she;it | had hamstrung |
| we | had hamstrung |
| you | had hamstrung |
| they | had hamstrung |
Future
| I | will hamstring |
| you | will hamstring |
| he;she;it | will hamstring |
| we | will hamstring |
| you | will hamstring |
| they | will hamstring |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hamstrung |
| you | will have hamstrung |
| he;she;it | will have hamstrung |
| we | will have hamstrung |
| you | will have hamstrung |
| they | will have hamstrung |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hamstring |
| you | hamstring |
| he;she;it | hamstring |
| we | hamstring |
| you | hamstring |
| they | hamstring |
Perfect
| I | have hamstrung |
| you | have hamstrung |
| he;she;it | have hamstrung |
| we | have hamstrung |
| you | have hamstrung |
| they | have hamstrung |
Imperfect
| I | hamstrung |
| you | hamstrung |
| he;she;it | hamstrung |
| we | hamstrung |
| you | hamstrung |
| they | hamstrung |
Pluperfect
| I | had hamstrung |
| you | had hamstrung |
| he;she;it | had hamstrung |
| we | had hamstrung |
| you | had hamstrung |
| they | had hamstrung |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hamstring |
| you | would hamstring |
| he;she;it | would hamstring |
| we | would hamstring |
| you | would hamstring |
| they | would hamstring |
Perfect
| I | would have hamstrung |
| you | would have hamstrung |
| he;she;it | would have hamstrung |
| we | would have hamstrung |
| you | would have hamstrung |
| they | would have hamstrung |
Imperative
| you | hamstring |
| we | Let's hamstring |
| you | hamstring |
Verbs conjugated like 'hamstring'
cling,
dig,
fling,
hamstring,
sling,
slink,
stick,
sting,
string,
swing,
underdig,
unstick,
unstring,
wring,
foind,
outfling,
overswing,
restick,
restring,
undersling, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hamstring'
abstringe,
astringe,
bowstring,
destring,
headspring,
restring,
string,
substring,
unstring,
abstain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1641, "to disable, render useless," a figurative extension from the noun hamstring "tendon at the back of the knee" (1565), from ham "bend of the knee" + string. Cutting this would render a person or animal lame.
2. From ham (“region back of the knee joint”) + string.
Sample Sentences
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What! shall we declaim against the ignorant peasantry of Ireland, and mince the matter when these American taskmasters are in question ? Shall we cry shame on the brutality of those who hamstring cattle: and spare the lights of Freedom upon earth who notch the ears of men and women, cut pleasant posies in the shrinking flesh, learn to write with pens of red-hot iron on the human face, rack [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)