Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to elbow
Participle: elbowed
Gerund: elbowing
Indicative
Present
| I | elbow |
| you | elbow |
| he;she;it | elbows |
| we | elbow |
| you | elbow |
| they | elbow |
Perfect
| I | have elbowed |
| you | have elbowed |
| he;she;it | has elbowed |
| we | have elbowed |
| you | have elbowed |
| they | have elbowed |
Past
| I | elbowed |
| you | elbowed |
| he;she;it | elbowed |
| we | elbowed |
| you | elbowed |
| they | elbowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had elbowed |
| you | had elbowed |
| he;she;it | had elbowed |
| we | had elbowed |
| you | had elbowed |
| they | had elbowed |
Future
| I | will elbow |
| you | will elbow |
| he;she;it | will elbow |
| we | will elbow |
| you | will elbow |
| they | will elbow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have elbowed |
| you | will have elbowed |
| he;she;it | will have elbowed |
| we | will have elbowed |
| you | will have elbowed |
| they | will have elbowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | elbow |
| you | elbow |
| he;she;it | elbow |
| we | elbow |
| you | elbow |
| they | elbow |
Perfect
| I | have elbowed |
| you | have elbowed |
| he;she;it | have elbowed |
| we | have elbowed |
| you | have elbowed |
| they | have elbowed |
Imperfect
| I | elbowed |
| you | elbowed |
| he;she;it | elbowed |
| we | elbowed |
| you | elbowed |
| they | elbowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had elbowed |
| you | had elbowed |
| he;she;it | had elbowed |
| we | had elbowed |
| you | had elbowed |
| they | had elbowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would elbow |
| you | would elbow |
| he;she;it | would elbow |
| we | would elbow |
| you | would elbow |
| they | would elbow |
Perfect
| I | would have elbowed |
| you | would have elbowed |
| he;she;it | would have elbowed |
| we | would have elbowed |
| you | would have elbowed |
| they | would have elbowed |
Imperative
| you | elbow |
| we | Let's elbow |
| you | elbow |
Verbs conjugated like 'elbow'
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 'elbow'
embow,
allow,
bellow,
blow,
bow,
embog,
embowl,
embox,
endow,
fellow,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
elnboga, from
ell "length of the forearm" +
boga "bow, arch," from W.Gmc.
*alinobogan, from P.Gmc.
*elino-bugon, lit. "bend of the forearm." Second element related to O.E.
bugan "to bend;" first element from
*alina "arm," from PIE
*el- "elbow, forearm" (see ell). The verb meaning "thrust with the elbow" is from 1605; fig. sense is from 1863. Phrase
elbow grease "hard rubbing" is attested from 1672, from jocular sense of "the best substance for polishing furniture."
2. From Middle English elbowe (“elbow”), from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell + bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål albue (“elbow”), Norwegian Nynorsk olboge (“elbow”), Faroese albogi, Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”), Swedish armbåge (“elbow”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Älbooge', German, old spelling '
Ellbogen', Norwegian, nynorsk '
olboge', Swedish '
armbåge'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] not seem, strictly speaking, to come under the species. He was a short, thick-set man, with coarse, commonplace features, and that swaggering air of pretension which marks a low man who is trying to elbow his way upward in the world. He was much over-dressed, in a gaudy vest of many colors, a blue neckerchief, bedropped gayly with yellow spots, and arranged with a flaunting tie, quite in keeping with [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Nat’lly, she will, ” said the trader, coolly. The conversation was here interrupted by a busy hum in the audience; and the auctioneer, a short, bustling, important fellow, elbowed his way into the crowd. The old woman drew in her breath, and caught instinctively at her son.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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A little before the sale commenced, a short, broad, muscular man, in a checked shirt considerably open at the bosom, and pantaloons much the worse for dirt and wear, elbowed his way through the crowd, like one who is going actively into a business; and, coming up to the group, began to examine them systematically. From the moment that Tom saw him approaching, he felt an [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)