Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to holk
Participle: holked
Gerund: holking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | holk |
| you | holk |
| he;she;it | holks |
| we | holk |
| you | holk |
| they | holk |
Perfect
| I | have holked |
| you | have holked |
| he;she;it | has holked |
| we | have holked |
| you | have holked |
| they | have holked |
Past
| I | holked |
| you | holked |
| he;she;it | holked |
| we | holked |
| you | holked |
| they | holked |
Pluperfect
| I | had holked |
| you | had holked |
| he;she;it | had holked |
| we | had holked |
| you | had holked |
| they | had holked |
Future
| I | will holk |
| you | will holk |
| he;she;it | will holk |
| we | will holk |
| you | will holk |
| they | will holk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have holked |
| you | will have holked |
| he;she;it | will have holked |
| we | will have holked |
| you | will have holked |
| they | will have holked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | holk |
| you | holk |
| he;she;it | holk |
| we | holk |
| you | holk |
| they | holk |
Perfect
| I | have holked |
| you | have holked |
| he;she;it | have holked |
| we | have holked |
| you | have holked |
| they | have holked |
Imperfect
| I | holked |
| you | holked |
| he;she;it | holked |
| we | holked |
| you | holked |
| they | holked |
Pluperfect
| I | had holked |
| you | had holked |
| he;she;it | had holked |
| we | had holked |
| you | had holked |
| they | had holked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would holk |
| you | would holk |
| he;she;it | would holk |
| we | would holk |
| you | would holk |
| they | would holk |
Perfect
| I | would have holked |
| you | would have holked |
| he;she;it | would have holked |
| we | would have holked |
| you | would have holked |
| they | would have holked |
Imperative
| you | holk |
| we | Let's holk |
| you | holk |
Verbs conjugated like 'holk'
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 'holk'
bolk,
hock,
hoik,
hold,
hole,
honk,
hook,
hork,
hulk,
polk,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English holken, from Old English *holcian (attested in āholcian, āhlocian (“to dig out”), from Proto-West Germanic *holukōn, derived from the noun above. Cognate with Middle Low German holken, hȫlken (“to hollow out”), German Low German uthöhlken (“to hollow out”).
Sample Sentences
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The Sessioune perceiving gryt perell through the burieing of people in the kirkyaird of thair perroche kirk and within the kirk itself by raising of grene graivis and holking under the kirk vall undermynding of the samyne ordanis fra this furth that na persone presume to mak graivis within the precinct thairof or yit to burie any persone within the boundis of the samine. [1908, Aberdeen University Studies, volume 35, University of Aberdeen, page 96:]