Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ether
Participle: ethered
Gerund: ethering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ether |
| you | ether |
| he;she;it | ethers |
| we | ether |
| you | ether |
| they | ether |
Perfect
| I | have ethered |
| you | have ethered |
| he;she;it | has ethered |
| we | have ethered |
| you | have ethered |
| they | have ethered |
Past
| I | ethered |
| you | ethered |
| he;she;it | ethered |
| we | ethered |
| you | ethered |
| they | ethered |
Pluperfect
| I | had ethered |
| you | had ethered |
| he;she;it | had ethered |
| we | had ethered |
| you | had ethered |
| they | had ethered |
Future
| I | will ether |
| you | will ether |
| he;she;it | will ether |
| we | will ether |
| you | will ether |
| they | will ether |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ethered |
| you | will have ethered |
| he;she;it | will have ethered |
| we | will have ethered |
| you | will have ethered |
| they | will have ethered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ether |
| you | ether |
| he;she;it | ether |
| we | ether |
| you | ether |
| they | ether |
Perfect
| I | have ethered |
| you | have ethered |
| he;she;it | have ethered |
| we | have ethered |
| you | have ethered |
| they | have ethered |
Imperfect
| I | ethered |
| you | ethered |
| he;she;it | ethered |
| we | ethered |
| you | ethered |
| they | ethered |
Pluperfect
| I | had ethered |
| you | had ethered |
| he;she;it | had ethered |
| we | had ethered |
| you | had ethered |
| they | had ethered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ether |
| you | would ether |
| he;she;it | would ether |
| we | would ether |
| you | would ether |
| they | would ether |
Perfect
| I | would have ethered |
| you | would have ethered |
| he;she;it | would have ethered |
| we | would have ethered |
| you | would have ethered |
| they | would have ethered |
Imperative
| you | ether |
| we | Let's ether |
| you | ether |
Verbs conjugated like 'ether'
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 'ether'
gether,
nether,
other,
tether,
wether,
atter,
better,
blether,
bother,
deter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From “Ether” (2001), a song by the American hip hop recording artist Nas (born 1973). According to Nas, the song, a diss track aimed at fellow artist Jay-Z (born 1969), was thus named because he was once told that ghosts and spirits do not like the fumes from ether (noun, sense 5), and he viewed the song as affecting Jay-Z in a similar way. The song contains the lines “I fuck with your soul like ether” and “That ether, that shit that make your soul burn slow”.
Sample Sentences
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The battle rapper ethered his opponent and caused him to slink away in shame.
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HS Coach Gets Ethered By Girlfriend On FB, Resigns Amid Investigation [article title] […] On Monday, a woman living in Bowling Green, Ky., used her Facebook page to unleash one of the coldest, boyfriend-crushingest Dear John letters you'll ever read. [2014 February 26, Tom Ley, “HS Coach Gets Ethered by Girlfriend on FB, Resigns Amid Investigation”, in Deadspin, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2018:]
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Cory Barker: Game of Thrones is the easiest answer for me, but MaryAnn [Sleasman] did a fine job of ethering that overrated hunk of junk, so I'm free to take a few shots at Sherlock. [2015 August 15, “Pass the Remote: What is a Popular Show Everyone Loves but You Hate?”, in TV.com, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2018:]
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Best of all, [Steven] Soderbergh, a shade queen of our time!!!, slyly ethers James Cameron: […] [2015 September 15, Kirsten Yoonsoo Kim, “Steven Soderbergh Ethers James Cameron to Promote His Brandy”, in Complex, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2015:]
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On Wednesday, I found myself nodding along vigorously to the latest Kanye West Twitter screed, as this particular iteration included a call for more inclusion at the Grammys and one extremely polite ethering of Macklemore. [2016 February 25, Rohan Nadkarni, “How does Kanye West Tweet So Fast?: Some Working Theories—because these Rants are Coming at a Record Speed”, in GQ, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2016:]