Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to portage
Participle: portaged
Gerund: portaging
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | portage |
| you | portage |
| he;she;it | portages |
| we | portage |
| you | portage |
| they | portage |
Perfect
| I | have portaged |
| you | have portaged |
| he;she;it | has portaged |
| we | have portaged |
| you | have portaged |
| they | have portaged |
Past
| I | portaged |
| you | portaged |
| he;she;it | portaged |
| we | portaged |
| you | portaged |
| they | portaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had portaged |
| you | had portaged |
| he;she;it | had portaged |
| we | had portaged |
| you | had portaged |
| they | had portaged |
Future
| I | will portage |
| you | will portage |
| he;she;it | will portage |
| we | will portage |
| you | will portage |
| they | will portage |
Future Perfect
| I | will have portaged |
| you | will have portaged |
| he;she;it | will have portaged |
| we | will have portaged |
| you | will have portaged |
| they | will have portaged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | portage |
| you | portage |
| he;she;it | portage |
| we | portage |
| you | portage |
| they | portage |
Perfect
| I | have portaged |
| you | have portaged |
| he;she;it | have portaged |
| we | have portaged |
| you | have portaged |
| they | have portaged |
Imperfect
| I | portaged |
| you | portaged |
| he;she;it | portaged |
| we | portaged |
| you | portaged |
| they | portaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had portaged |
| you | had portaged |
| he;she;it | had portaged |
| we | had portaged |
| you | had portaged |
| they | had portaged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would portage |
| you | would portage |
| he;she;it | would portage |
| we | would portage |
| you | would portage |
| they | would portage |
Perfect
| I | would have portaged |
| you | would have portaged |
| he;she;it | would have portaged |
| we | would have portaged |
| you | would have portaged |
| they | would have portaged |
Imperative
| you | portage |
| we | Let's portage |
| you | portage |
Verbs conjugated like 'portage'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'portage'
cottage,
forage,
montage,
mortgage,
partake,
sortag,
apostate,
arage,
barrage,
collage,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1423, "action of carrying," from O.Fr. portage "tax paid on entering a town," from porter "to carry," from L. portare "to carry" (see port (1)). Sense of "carrying of boats from one navigable water to another" is from 1698, reinforced in Canadian Fr.
2. From Middle English portage, borrowed from Middle French portage, from Old French portage, from Early Medieval Latin portāticum. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -age.
Sample Sentences
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Two months have now elapsed since the work was first begun, viz: from the 20th of last December to the 20th instant, fully one month of which has been occupied in exploring, and the remainder in camping, portageing and measuring; […] [1858 February 22, G. F. Baillargé, “I.”, in General Report of the Commissioners of Public Works, for the Year Ending 31st December, 1857: Furnished in Compliance with the Provisions of the Act, 9 Vict. Cap. 7, Toronto, Ont.: John Lovell, […], pages 74–75:]
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You’d better leave it to him to decide whether it’s worth lumping a canoe along and portageing. [1958, Hammond Innes, “The Labrador Railway”, in The Land God Gave to Cain: A Novel of the Labrador, London: Collins […], page 171:]
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Those who haven’t experienced an overnight canoe trip can’t imagine the joys, tensions and learning packed into three days of canoeing, portageing, cooking meals in the open and sleeping under the stars. [1996, Edward Mann, “Camp Counsellor”, in A Mann for All Seasons: A Memoir, Toronto, Ont.: Lugus Publications, →ISBN, page 28:]