Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to slender
Participle: slendered
Gerund: slendering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | slender |
| you | slender |
| he;she;it | slenders |
| we | slender |
| you | slender |
| they | slender |
Perfect
| I | have slendered |
| you | have slendered |
| he;she;it | has slendered |
| we | have slendered |
| you | have slendered |
| they | have slendered |
Past
| I | slendered |
| you | slendered |
| he;she;it | slendered |
| we | slendered |
| you | slendered |
| they | slendered |
Pluperfect
| I | had slendered |
| you | had slendered |
| he;she;it | had slendered |
| we | had slendered |
| you | had slendered |
| they | had slendered |
Future
| I | will slender |
| you | will slender |
| he;she;it | will slender |
| we | will slender |
| you | will slender |
| they | will slender |
Future Perfect
| I | will have slendered |
| you | will have slendered |
| he;she;it | will have slendered |
| we | will have slendered |
| you | will have slendered |
| they | will have slendered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | slender |
| you | slender |
| he;she;it | slender |
| we | slender |
| you | slender |
| they | slender |
Perfect
| I | have slendered |
| you | have slendered |
| he;she;it | have slendered |
| we | have slendered |
| you | have slendered |
| they | have slendered |
Imperfect
| I | slendered |
| you | slendered |
| he;she;it | slendered |
| we | slendered |
| you | slendered |
| they | slendered |
Pluperfect
| I | had slendered |
| you | had slendered |
| he;she;it | had slendered |
| we | had slendered |
| you | had slendered |
| they | had slendered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would slender |
| you | would slender |
| he;she;it | would slender |
| we | would slender |
| you | would slender |
| they | would slender |
Perfect
| I | would have slendered |
| you | would have slendered |
| he;she;it | would have slendered |
| we | would have slendered |
| you | would have slendered |
| they | would have slendered |
Imperative
| you | slender |
| we | Let's slender |
| you | slender |
Verbs conjugated like 'slender'
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 'slender'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (“thin, slender”), from Middle Dutch slinder (“thin, lank”), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles”), German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll”), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent”), Low German slindern (“to slide on ice”). More at slide, slither. See: German, old spelling '
schlendern', Dutch '
slidderen', Low Saxon 'slindern'.
Sample Sentences
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Rolled-up sleeves bared her strong forearms, which slendered down when they came to the wrists and hands. [1954, Elizabeth Bowen, A World of Love, page 38:]