Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to turtle
Participle: turtled
Gerund: turtling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | turtle |
| you | turtle |
| he;she;it | turtles |
| we | turtle |
| you | turtle |
| they | turtle |
Perfect
| I | have turtled |
| you | have turtled |
| he;she;it | has turtled |
| we | have turtled |
| you | have turtled |
| they | have turtled |
Past
| I | turtled |
| you | turtled |
| he;she;it | turtled |
| we | turtled |
| you | turtled |
| they | turtled |
Pluperfect
| I | had turtled |
| you | had turtled |
| he;she;it | had turtled |
| we | had turtled |
| you | had turtled |
| they | had turtled |
Future
| I | will turtle |
| you | will turtle |
| he;she;it | will turtle |
| we | will turtle |
| you | will turtle |
| they | will turtle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have turtled |
| you | will have turtled |
| he;she;it | will have turtled |
| we | will have turtled |
| you | will have turtled |
| they | will have turtled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | turtle |
| you | turtle |
| he;she;it | turtle |
| we | turtle |
| you | turtle |
| they | turtle |
Perfect
| I | have turtled |
| you | have turtled |
| he;she;it | have turtled |
| we | have turtled |
| you | have turtled |
| they | have turtled |
Imperfect
| I | turtled |
| you | turtled |
| he;she;it | turtled |
| we | turtled |
| you | turtled |
| they | turtled |
Pluperfect
| I | had turtled |
| you | had turtled |
| he;she;it | had turtled |
| we | had turtled |
| you | had turtled |
| they | had turtled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would turtle |
| you | would turtle |
| he;she;it | would turtle |
| we | would turtle |
| you | would turtle |
| they | would turtle |
Perfect
| I | would have turtled |
| you | would have turtled |
| he;she;it | would have turtled |
| we | would have turtled |
| you | would have turtled |
| they | would have turtled |
Imperative
| you | turtle |
| we | Let's turtle |
| you | turtle |
Verbs conjugated like 'turtle'
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 'turtle'
furtle,
hurtle,
burble,
burgle,
bustle,
butle,
buttle,
curdle,
dartle,
firtle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Modification of Middle English tortou, tortu, from Old French tortüe (under the influence of Middle English turtel, turtur (“turtledove”), see Etymology 2 below), from Old Occitan tortuga (compare Spanish tortuga), the same source of tortoise (see there for more). Displaced native Old English byrdling (See birdling).
Sample Sentences
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Were speeding when car turtled […] Auto crashed into curb and turtled. [1919, Iowa Highway Commission, Service Bulletin, Issues 15-32, page 48]
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We turtled along in Manitoba, back into the heart of the prairies. [2012, Sophie B. Watson, Cadillac Couches, page 193:]
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I turtled my board beneath it, flipped upright, and started paddling again. [2009, Amy Waeschle, Chasing Waves: A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering, page 149:]
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Of these, 80 turtled (65%), 26 hunted and turtled (20%), and 18 hunted (15%). [1973, Bernard Nietschmann, Between Land and Water: The Subsistence Ecology of the Miskito Indians, page 153:]