Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spearfish
Participle: spearfished
Gerund: spearfishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spearfish |
| you | spearfish |
| he;she;it | spearfishes |
| we | spearfish |
| you | spearfish |
| they | spearfish |
Perfect
| I | have spearfished |
| you | have spearfished |
| he;she;it | has spearfished |
| we | have spearfished |
| you | have spearfished |
| they | have spearfished |
Past
| I | spearfished |
| you | spearfished |
| he;she;it | spearfished |
| we | spearfished |
| you | spearfished |
| they | spearfished |
Pluperfect
| I | had spearfished |
| you | had spearfished |
| he;she;it | had spearfished |
| we | had spearfished |
| you | had spearfished |
| they | had spearfished |
Future
| I | will spearfish |
| you | will spearfish |
| he;she;it | will spearfish |
| we | will spearfish |
| you | will spearfish |
| they | will spearfish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spearfished |
| you | will have spearfished |
| he;she;it | will have spearfished |
| we | will have spearfished |
| you | will have spearfished |
| they | will have spearfished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spearfish |
| you | spearfish |
| he;she;it | spearfish |
| we | spearfish |
| you | spearfish |
| they | spearfish |
Perfect
| I | have spearfished |
| you | have spearfished |
| he;she;it | have spearfished |
| we | have spearfished |
| you | have spearfished |
| they | have spearfished |
Imperfect
| I | spearfished |
| you | spearfished |
| he;she;it | spearfished |
| we | spearfished |
| you | spearfished |
| they | spearfished |
Pluperfect
| I | had spearfished |
| you | had spearfished |
| he;she;it | had spearfished |
| we | had spearfished |
| you | had spearfished |
| they | had spearfished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spearfish |
| you | would spearfish |
| he;she;it | would spearfish |
| we | would spearfish |
| you | would spearfish |
| they | would spearfish |
Perfect
| I | would have spearfished |
| you | would have spearfished |
| he;she;it | would have spearfished |
| we | would have spearfished |
| you | would have spearfished |
| they | would have spearfished |
Imperative
| you | spearfish |
| we | Let's spearfish |
| you | spearfish |
Verbs conjugated like 'spearfish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spearfish'
starfish,
overfish,
parish,
perish,
spanish,
sportfish,
catfish,
cherish,
crawfish,
crayfish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English spear
3. Proto-Indo-European *péysks
4. Proto-Germanic *fiskaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *fisk
6. Old English fisċ
7. Middle English fisch
8. English fish
9. English spearfish
10. From spear + fish.
Sample Sentences
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Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies. [1979 February 7, “Outdoors: Northeast Spearfishing”, in The New York Times:]
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A Bajau diver spearfishes in Sulawesi. [2018 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Bodies Remodeled for a Life at Sea”, in The New York Times:]
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He always said freediving was the best way to spearfish because it required enormous patience and concentration, without the benefit of a scuba tank, to hold one’s position until the right prey came along. [2020 July 14, Tom Mashberg, “Jay Riffe, Spearfishing King, Is Dead at 82”, in The New York Times:]