Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gin
Participle: ginned
Gerund: ginning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gin |
| you | gin |
| he;she;it | gins |
| we | gin |
| you | gin |
| they | gin |
Perfect
| I | have ginned |
| you | have ginned |
| he;she;it | has ginned |
| we | have ginned |
| you | have ginned |
| they | have ginned |
Past
| I | ginned |
| you | ginned |
| he;she;it | ginned |
| we | ginned |
| you | ginned |
| they | ginned |
Pluperfect
| I | had ginned |
| you | had ginned |
| he;she;it | had ginned |
| we | had ginned |
| you | had ginned |
| they | had ginned |
Future
| I | will gin |
| you | will gin |
| he;she;it | will gin |
| we | will gin |
| you | will gin |
| they | will gin |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ginned |
| you | will have ginned |
| he;she;it | will have ginned |
| we | will have ginned |
| you | will have ginned |
| they | will have ginned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gin |
| you | gin |
| he;she;it | gin |
| we | gin |
| you | gin |
| they | gin |
Perfect
| I | have ginned |
| you | have ginned |
| he;she;it | have ginned |
| we | have ginned |
| you | have ginned |
| they | have ginned |
Imperfect
| I | ginned |
| you | ginned |
| he;she;it | ginned |
| we | ginned |
| you | ginned |
| they | ginned |
Pluperfect
| I | had ginned |
| you | had ginned |
| he;she;it | had ginned |
| we | had ginned |
| you | had ginned |
| they | had ginned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gin |
| you | would gin |
| he;she;it | would gin |
| we | would gin |
| you | would gin |
| they | would gin |
Perfect
| I | would have ginned |
| you | would have ginned |
| he;she;it | would have ginned |
| we | would have ginned |
| you | would have ginned |
| they | would have ginned |
Imperative
| you | gin |
| we | Let's gin |
| you | gin |
Verbs conjugated like 'gin'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gin'
bin,
din,
fin,
gain,
gen,
gib,
gie,
gif,
gig,
gip,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] by the shore, and over t ’ other side ice a sawin ’ and a jiggling up and down, kinder as ’ t were a great island. We come right behind her, and I thought my soul he'd got her sure enough,—when she gin sich a screech as I never hearn, and thar she was, clar over t ’ other side of the current, on the ice, and then on she went, a screeching and a jumpin’,—the ice went crack ! c’wallop ! cracking ! [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] right ! tan't right it should be so ! Mas’r never ought ter left it so that ye _could_ be took for his debts. Ye 've arnt him all he gets for ye, twice over. He owed ye yer freedom, and ought ter gin ’ t to yer years ago. Mebbe he can't help himself now, but I feel it's wrong. Nothing can't beat that ar out o ’ me. Sich a faithful crittur as ye 've been,—and allers sot his business ’ fore yer [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] de biggest gal, now,—good she is, too, and peart, Polly is. She's out to the house, now, watchin ’ de hoe-cake. I ’ s got jist de very pattern my old man liked so much, a bakin ’. Jist sich as I gin him the mornin ’ he was took off. Lord bless us ! how I felt, dat ar morning ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)