meal – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of meal

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to meal
Participle: mealed
Gerund: mealing

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of meal

Indicative

Present

Imeal
youmeal
he;she;itmeals
wemeal
youmeal
theymeal

Perfect

Ihave mealed
youhave mealed
he;she;ithas mealed
wehave mealed
youhave mealed
theyhave mealed

Past

Imealed
youmealed
he;she;itmealed
wemealed
youmealed
theymealed

Pluperfect

Ihad mealed
youhad mealed
he;she;ithad mealed
wehad mealed
youhad mealed
theyhad mealed

Future

Iwill meal
youwill meal
he;she;itwill meal
wewill meal
youwill meal
theywill meal

Future Perfect

Iwill have mealed
youwill have mealed
he;she;itwill have mealed
wewill have mealed
youwill have mealed
theywill have mealed

Subjunctive

Present

Imeal
youmeal
he;she;itmeal
wemeal
youmeal
theymeal

Perfect

Ihave mealed
youhave mealed
he;she;ithave mealed
wehave mealed
youhave mealed
theyhave mealed

Imperfect

Imealed
youmealed
he;she;itmealed
wemealed
youmealed
theymealed

Pluperfect

Ihad mealed
youhad mealed
he;she;ithad mealed
wehad mealed
youhad mealed
theyhad mealed

Conditional

Present

Iwould meal
youwould meal
he;she;itwould meal
wewould meal
youwould meal
theywould meal

Perfect

Iwould have mealed
youwould have mealed
he;she;itwould have mealed
wewould have mealed
youwould have mealed
theywould have mealed

Imperative

youmeal
weLet's meal
youmeal

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam mealing
youare mealing
he;she;itis mealing
weare mealing
youare mealing
theyare mealing

Perfect

Ihave been mealing
youhave been mealing
he;she;ithas been mealing
wehave been mealing
youhave been mealing
theyhave been mealing

Past

Iwas mealing
youwere mealing
he;she;itwas mealing
wewere mealing
youwere mealing
theywere mealing

Pluperfect

Ihad been mealing
youhad been mealing
he;she;ithad been mealing
wehad been mealing
youhad been mealing
theyhad been mealing

Future

Iwill be mealing
youwill be mealing
he;she;itwill be mealing
wewill be mealing
youwill be mealing
theywill be mealing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been mealing
youwill have been mealing
he;she;itwill have been mealing
wewill have been mealing
youwill have been mealing
theywill have been mealing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be mealing
youwould be mealing
he;she;itwould be mealing
wewould be mealing
youwould be mealing
theywould be mealing

Perfect

Iwould have been mealing
youwould have been mealing
he;she;itwould have been mealing
wewould have been mealing
youwould have been mealing
theywould have been mealing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'meal'

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 'meal'

beal, deal, feal, geal, heal, mean, meat, meaw, meawl, medal,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der.
3. Proto-Germanic *melwą
4. Proto-West Germanic *melu
5. Old English melu
6. Middle English mele
7. English meal
8. From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, mill”).
9. Cognates
10. Cognate with West Frisian moal, Dutch meel, German Mehl, Albanian miell, Proto-Slavic *melvo (“grain to be ground”) (Bulgarian мливо (mlivo)), Dutch malen (“to grind”), German mahlen (“to grind”), Old Irish melim (“I grind”), Latin molō (“to grind”), Tocharian A/B malywët (“you press”)/melye (“they tread on”), Lithuanian málti, Old Church Slavonic млѣти (mlěti), Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē, “mill”). More at mill. See: Dutch 'malen', German, old spelling 'mahlen', Latin 'molō', Old Church Slavonic 'млѣти'.

Verbs referencing "meal"

Welsh malu, Latin molo, Latin metior.

Sample Sentences

  • Of course the yield of grain was small, but much greater than could have been expected; and, the ears being well filled, it mealed well. The pastures were burnt up, so that there was nothing left for the cattle to eat. [1876, Notes and Queries, page 73:]