Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chalk
Participle: chalked
Gerund: chalking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chalk |
| you | chalk |
| he;she;it | chalks |
| we | chalk |
| you | chalk |
| they | chalk |
Perfect
| I | have chalked |
| you | have chalked |
| he;she;it | has chalked |
| we | have chalked |
| you | have chalked |
| they | have chalked |
Past
| I | chalked |
| you | chalked |
| he;she;it | chalked |
| we | chalked |
| you | chalked |
| they | chalked |
Pluperfect
| I | had chalked |
| you | had chalked |
| he;she;it | had chalked |
| we | had chalked |
| you | had chalked |
| they | had chalked |
Future
| I | will chalk |
| you | will chalk |
| he;she;it | will chalk |
| we | will chalk |
| you | will chalk |
| they | will chalk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chalked |
| you | will have chalked |
| he;she;it | will have chalked |
| we | will have chalked |
| you | will have chalked |
| they | will have chalked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chalk |
| you | chalk |
| he;she;it | chalk |
| we | chalk |
| you | chalk |
| they | chalk |
Perfect
| I | have chalked |
| you | have chalked |
| he;she;it | have chalked |
| we | have chalked |
| you | have chalked |
| they | have chalked |
Imperfect
| I | chalked |
| you | chalked |
| he;she;it | chalked |
| we | chalked |
| you | chalked |
| they | chalked |
Pluperfect
| I | had chalked |
| you | had chalked |
| he;she;it | had chalked |
| we | had chalked |
| you | had chalked |
| they | had chalked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chalk |
| you | would chalk |
| he;she;it | would chalk |
| we | would chalk |
| you | would chalk |
| they | would chalk |
Perfect
| I | would have chalked |
| you | would have chalked |
| he;she;it | would have chalked |
| we | would have chalked |
| you | would have chalked |
| they | would have chalked |
Imperative
| you | chalk |
| we | Let's chalk |
| you | chalk |
Verbs conjugated like 'chalk'
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 'chalk'
calk,
chack,
chak,
chank,
chark,
chaulk,
balk,
bechalk,
cack,
call,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Latin calxbor.
3. Proto-West Germanic *kalk
4. Old English ċealc
5. Middle English chalk
6. English chalk
7. Inherited from Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.
Sample Sentences
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chalk your hands before climbing
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After a leg stretch, we set off again at 11:30 hours in charge of U.S.A. No. 1736 (Miss Ohio had been chalked on her), a 2-8-0 utility engine. [1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:]
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This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes / The man that ſeeks the everlaſting Prize: / It ſhevvs you vvhence he comes, vvhither he goes, / VVhat he leaves undone; alſo vvhat he does: / It alſo ſhovvs you hovv he runs, and runs, / Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes. [1678, John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, in The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC:]
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Land that is chalked [1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:]
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Fear Stared in her eyes, and chalked her face [1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:]