Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to backburner
Participle: backburnered
Gerund: backburnering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | backburner |
| you | backburner |
| he;she;it | backburners |
| we | backburner |
| you | backburner |
| they | backburner |
Perfect
| I | have backburnered |
| you | have backburnered |
| he;she;it | has backburnered |
| we | have backburnered |
| you | have backburnered |
| they | have backburnered |
Past
| I | backburnered |
| you | backburnered |
| he;she;it | backburnered |
| we | backburnered |
| you | backburnered |
| they | backburnered |
Pluperfect
| I | had backburnered |
| you | had backburnered |
| he;she;it | had backburnered |
| we | had backburnered |
| you | had backburnered |
| they | had backburnered |
Future
| I | will backburner |
| you | will backburner |
| he;she;it | will backburner |
| we | will backburner |
| you | will backburner |
| they | will backburner |
Future Perfect
| I | will have backburnered |
| you | will have backburnered |
| he;she;it | will have backburnered |
| we | will have backburnered |
| you | will have backburnered |
| they | will have backburnered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | backburner |
| you | backburner |
| he;she;it | backburner |
| we | backburner |
| you | backburner |
| they | backburner |
Perfect
| I | have backburnered |
| you | have backburnered |
| he;she;it | have backburnered |
| we | have backburnered |
| you | have backburnered |
| they | have backburnered |
Imperfect
| I | backburnered |
| you | backburnered |
| he;she;it | backburnered |
| we | backburnered |
| you | backburnered |
| they | backburnered |
Pluperfect
| I | had backburnered |
| you | had backburnered |
| he;she;it | had backburnered |
| we | had backburnered |
| you | had backburnered |
| they | had backburnered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would backburner |
| you | would backburner |
| he;she;it | would backburner |
| we | would backburner |
| you | would backburner |
| they | would backburner |
Perfect
| I | would have backburnered |
| you | would have backburnered |
| he;she;it | would have backburnered |
| we | would have backburnered |
| you | would have backburnered |
| they | would have backburnered |
Imperative
| you | backburner |
| we | Let's backburner |
| you | backburner |
Verbs conjugated like 'backburner'
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 'backburner'
back-burner,
backburn,
backorder,
backbend,
backbite,
backfire,
backquote,
backshine,
backsource,
backwater,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From back + burner.
Sample Sentences
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"What I noticed was that my sadness and loneliness got backburnered," she told the BBC. [2013, Lorna Stewart, BBC News, Love letters and kindness may improve mental health:]