Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tarpaulin
Participle: tarpaulined
Gerund: tarpaulining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tarpaulin |
| you | tarpaulin |
| he;she;it | tarpaulins |
| we | tarpaulin |
| you | tarpaulin |
| they | tarpaulin |
Perfect
| I | have tarpaulined |
| you | have tarpaulined |
| he;she;it | has tarpaulined |
| we | have tarpaulined |
| you | have tarpaulined |
| they | have tarpaulined |
Past
| I | tarpaulined |
| you | tarpaulined |
| he;she;it | tarpaulined |
| we | tarpaulined |
| you | tarpaulined |
| they | tarpaulined |
Pluperfect
| I | had tarpaulined |
| you | had tarpaulined |
| he;she;it | had tarpaulined |
| we | had tarpaulined |
| you | had tarpaulined |
| they | had tarpaulined |
Future
| I | will tarpaulin |
| you | will tarpaulin |
| he;she;it | will tarpaulin |
| we | will tarpaulin |
| you | will tarpaulin |
| they | will tarpaulin |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tarpaulined |
| you | will have tarpaulined |
| he;she;it | will have tarpaulined |
| we | will have tarpaulined |
| you | will have tarpaulined |
| they | will have tarpaulined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tarpaulin |
| you | tarpaulin |
| he;she;it | tarpaulin |
| we | tarpaulin |
| you | tarpaulin |
| they | tarpaulin |
Perfect
| I | have tarpaulined |
| you | have tarpaulined |
| he;she;it | have tarpaulined |
| we | have tarpaulined |
| you | have tarpaulined |
| they | have tarpaulined |
Imperfect
| I | tarpaulined |
| you | tarpaulined |
| he;she;it | tarpaulined |
| we | tarpaulined |
| you | tarpaulined |
| they | tarpaulined |
Pluperfect
| I | had tarpaulined |
| you | had tarpaulined |
| he;she;it | had tarpaulined |
| we | had tarpaulined |
| you | had tarpaulined |
| they | had tarpaulined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tarpaulin |
| you | would tarpaulin |
| he;she;it | would tarpaulin |
| we | would tarpaulin |
| you | would tarpaulin |
| they | would tarpaulin |
Perfect
| I | would have tarpaulined |
| you | would have tarpaulined |
| he;she;it | would have tarpaulined |
| we | would have tarpaulined |
| you | would have tarpaulined |
| they | would have tarpaulined |
Imperative
| you | tarpaulin |
| we | Let's tarpaulin |
| you | tarpaulin |
Verbs conjugated like 'tarpaulin'
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 'tarpaulin'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From tar + pall (“heavy canvas”) + -ing. The sailor sense reflects that sailors of centuries past often wore garments made of tarred cloth (for weatherproofing).
Sample Sentences
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"Cover it up! Don't touch it!" said the Professor. So we tarpaulined it according to his instructions, and there it lies. [1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:]