Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to heddle
Participle: heddled
Gerund: heddling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | heddle |
| you | heddle |
| he;she;it | heddles |
| we | heddle |
| you | heddle |
| they | heddle |
Perfect
| I | have heddled |
| you | have heddled |
| he;she;it | has heddled |
| we | have heddled |
| you | have heddled |
| they | have heddled |
Past
| I | heddled |
| you | heddled |
| he;she;it | heddled |
| we | heddled |
| you | heddled |
| they | heddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had heddled |
| you | had heddled |
| he;she;it | had heddled |
| we | had heddled |
| you | had heddled |
| they | had heddled |
Future
| I | will heddle |
| you | will heddle |
| he;she;it | will heddle |
| we | will heddle |
| you | will heddle |
| they | will heddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have heddled |
| you | will have heddled |
| he;she;it | will have heddled |
| we | will have heddled |
| you | will have heddled |
| they | will have heddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | heddle |
| you | heddle |
| he;she;it | heddle |
| we | heddle |
| you | heddle |
| they | heddle |
Perfect
| I | have heddled |
| you | have heddled |
| he;she;it | have heddled |
| we | have heddled |
| you | have heddled |
| they | have heddled |
Imperfect
| I | heddled |
| you | heddled |
| he;she;it | heddled |
| we | heddled |
| you | heddled |
| they | heddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had heddled |
| you | had heddled |
| he;she;it | had heddled |
| we | had heddled |
| you | had heddled |
| they | had heddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would heddle |
| you | would heddle |
| he;she;it | would heddle |
| we | would heddle |
| you | would heddle |
| they | would heddle |
Perfect
| I | would have heddled |
| you | would have heddled |
| he;she;it | would have heddled |
| we | would have heddled |
| you | would have heddled |
| they | would have heddled |
Imperative
| you | heddle |
| we | Let's heddle |
| you | heddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'heddle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'heddle'
feddle,
hiddle,
hoddle,
huddle,
meddle,
peddle,
reddle,
addle,
bedole,
buddle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English helde, from Old English hefeld, from the root of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, heave”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Cognate with Old Saxon hevild, Middle Low German hevelte, Icelandic hafald. See: Proto-Germanic '
*habjaną'.
Sample Sentences
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After each frame has been heddled, stand upright within easy reach until the full set has been completed. [1947, Rayon Textile Monthly, volume 28, page 377:]
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This, of course, discounts the idea that the system of heddling based on Icelandic descriptions (Hoffmann, 1964, 188, fig. 91) has been used for all time, although it could in theory have been used for any of the 2/2 twills in the York collection. [1982, Arthur MacGregor, Anglo-Scandinavian Finds from Lloyds Bank, Pavement, and Other Sites, volume 17, part 3, page 118:]
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1994, Kim Mi-ju, Gender Division of Labor and Skill as a Factor of Sex Wage Differentials, Hyŏng Cho, Chang Pil-Wha (editors), Gender Division of Labor (in) Korea, Ewha Womans University Press, 116,
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After heddling she takes the reeds and arranges them as ordered. She knows that if reed denting is uneven, the textile is ruined.