Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to maroon
Participle: marooned
Gerund: marooning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | maroon |
| you | maroon |
| he;she;it | maroons |
| we | maroon |
| you | maroon |
| they | maroon |
Perfect
| I | have marooned |
| you | have marooned |
| he;she;it | has marooned |
| we | have marooned |
| you | have marooned |
| they | have marooned |
Past
| I | marooned |
| you | marooned |
| he;she;it | marooned |
| we | marooned |
| you | marooned |
| they | marooned |
Pluperfect
| I | had marooned |
| you | had marooned |
| he;she;it | had marooned |
| we | had marooned |
| you | had marooned |
| they | had marooned |
Future
| I | will maroon |
| you | will maroon |
| he;she;it | will maroon |
| we | will maroon |
| you | will maroon |
| they | will maroon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have marooned |
| you | will have marooned |
| he;she;it | will have marooned |
| we | will have marooned |
| you | will have marooned |
| they | will have marooned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | maroon |
| you | maroon |
| he;she;it | maroon |
| we | maroon |
| you | maroon |
| they | maroon |
Perfect
| I | have marooned |
| you | have marooned |
| he;she;it | have marooned |
| we | have marooned |
| you | have marooned |
| they | have marooned |
Imperfect
| I | marooned |
| you | marooned |
| he;she;it | marooned |
| we | marooned |
| you | marooned |
| they | marooned |
Pluperfect
| I | had marooned |
| you | had marooned |
| he;she;it | had marooned |
| we | had marooned |
| you | had marooned |
| they | had marooned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would maroon |
| you | would maroon |
| he;she;it | would maroon |
| we | would maroon |
| you | would maroon |
| they | would maroon |
Perfect
| I | would have marooned |
| you | would have marooned |
| he;she;it | would have marooned |
| we | would have marooned |
| you | would have marooned |
| they | would have marooned |
Imperative
| you | maroon |
| we | Let's maroon |
| you | maroon |
Verbs conjugated like 'maroon'
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 'maroon'
marroon,
arson,
batoon,
carbon,
carcoon,
carton,
cartoon,
croon,
harpoon,
jargon,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French marron (“feral; fugitive”, adjective), from Spanish cimarrón (“fugitive, wild, feral”); see that entry for more.
Sample Sentences
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Hard-hit by the Arctic winter, the Waverley route was completely closed from January 6-9, when an avalanche between Whitrope and Riccarton marooned Class A2 4-6-2 No. 60535 Hornet's Beauty. [1963 April, “Winter on the Waverley”, in Modern Railways, page 281, photo caption:]
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After the harrowing stories of being marooned at sea and stranded in the frozen wastelands of Alaska and the Poles, one would think that survival on dry land would be easier […] [2010, Brogan Steele, From the Jaws of Death: Extreme True Adventures of Man vs. Nature, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 231:]
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The Trump administration’s argument, that no court could order it to retrieve Abrego Garcia despite his being deported by mistake, has broader implications: It means that the administration could similarly maroon U.S. citizens abroad “by mistake” and abandon them. [2025 April 10, Adam Serwer, “The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic:]