Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to oyster
Participle: oystered
Gerund: oystering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | oyster |
| you | oyster |
| he;she;it | oysters |
| we | oyster |
| you | oyster |
| they | oyster |
Perfect
| I | have oystered |
| you | have oystered |
| he;she;it | has oystered |
| we | have oystered |
| you | have oystered |
| they | have oystered |
Past
| I | oystered |
| you | oystered |
| he;she;it | oystered |
| we | oystered |
| you | oystered |
| they | oystered |
Pluperfect
| I | had oystered |
| you | had oystered |
| he;she;it | had oystered |
| we | had oystered |
| you | had oystered |
| they | had oystered |
Future
| I | will oyster |
| you | will oyster |
| he;she;it | will oyster |
| we | will oyster |
| you | will oyster |
| they | will oyster |
Future Perfect
| I | will have oystered |
| you | will have oystered |
| he;she;it | will have oystered |
| we | will have oystered |
| you | will have oystered |
| they | will have oystered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | oyster |
| you | oyster |
| he;she;it | oyster |
| we | oyster |
| you | oyster |
| they | oyster |
Perfect
| I | have oystered |
| you | have oystered |
| he;she;it | have oystered |
| we | have oystered |
| you | have oystered |
| they | have oystered |
Imperfect
| I | oystered |
| you | oystered |
| he;she;it | oystered |
| we | oystered |
| you | oystered |
| they | oystered |
Pluperfect
| I | had oystered |
| you | had oystered |
| he;she;it | had oystered |
| we | had oystered |
| you | had oystered |
| they | had oystered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would oyster |
| you | would oyster |
| he;she;it | would oyster |
| we | would oyster |
| you | would oyster |
| they | would oyster |
Perfect
| I | would have oystered |
| you | would have oystered |
| he;she;it | would have oystered |
| we | would have oystered |
| you | would have oystered |
| they | would have oystered |
Imperative
| you | oyster |
| we | Let's oyster |
| you | oyster |
Verbs conjugated like 'oyster'
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 'oyster'
ouster,
royster,
bolster,
conster,
dister,
easter,
fester,
fooster,
foster,
fuster,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”).
Sample Sentences
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Most Fishneck watermen oystered in winter, using the same small skiffs from which they potted crabs in summer. Sometimes two men oystered from the same boat or took along a son or younger brother to cull oysters (separate those of legal size from undersized ones and shell). [1986, Carolyn Ellis, Fisher Folk: Two Communities on Chesapeake Bay, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 77:]