Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to culvert
Participle: culverted
Gerund: culverting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | culvert |
| you | culvert |
| he;she;it | culverts |
| we | culvert |
| you | culvert |
| they | culvert |
Perfect
| I | have culverted |
| you | have culverted |
| he;she;it | has culverted |
| we | have culverted |
| you | have culverted |
| they | have culverted |
Past
| I | culverted |
| you | culverted |
| he;she;it | culverted |
| we | culverted |
| you | culverted |
| they | culverted |
Pluperfect
| I | had culverted |
| you | had culverted |
| he;she;it | had culverted |
| we | had culverted |
| you | had culverted |
| they | had culverted |
Future
| I | will culvert |
| you | will culvert |
| he;she;it | will culvert |
| we | will culvert |
| you | will culvert |
| they | will culvert |
Future Perfect
| I | will have culverted |
| you | will have culverted |
| he;she;it | will have culverted |
| we | will have culverted |
| you | will have culverted |
| they | will have culverted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | culvert |
| you | culvert |
| he;she;it | culvert |
| we | culvert |
| you | culvert |
| they | culvert |
Perfect
| I | have culverted |
| you | have culverted |
| he;she;it | have culverted |
| we | have culverted |
| you | have culverted |
| they | have culverted |
Imperfect
| I | culverted |
| you | culverted |
| he;she;it | culverted |
| we | culverted |
| you | culverted |
| they | culverted |
Pluperfect
| I | had culverted |
| you | had culverted |
| he;she;it | had culverted |
| we | had culverted |
| you | had culverted |
| they | had culverted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would culvert |
| you | would culvert |
| he;she;it | would culvert |
| we | would culvert |
| you | would culvert |
| they | would culvert |
Perfect
| I | would have culverted |
| you | would have culverted |
| he;she;it | would have culverted |
| we | would have culverted |
| you | would have culverted |
| they | would have culverted |
Imperative
| you | culvert |
| we | Let's culvert |
| you | culvert |
Verbs conjugated like 'culvert'
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 'culvert'
calver,
convert,
curvet,
subvert,
advert,
alert,
avert,
buller,
bullet,
callet,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested:
2. * a dialectal word,
3. * a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor,
4. * a derivation from French couvert (“covered”), although couvert is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is ponceau or buse de drainage,
5. * a derivation from an unrecorded Dutch word, possibly *coul-vaart, a combination of Dutch coul-, from French couler (“to flow”), and Dutch vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”). See: French '
couler'.
Sample Sentences
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This led to a great deal of straightening and culverting, which in turn led to a massive loss of biodiversity. [2020, Ben Aaronovitch, False Value, Gollancz, pages 234–235:]