Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pestle
Participle: pestled
Gerund: pestling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pestle |
| you | pestle |
| he;she;it | pestles |
| we | pestle |
| you | pestle |
| they | pestle |
Perfect
| I | have pestled |
| you | have pestled |
| he;she;it | has pestled |
| we | have pestled |
| you | have pestled |
| they | have pestled |
Past
| I | pestled |
| you | pestled |
| he;she;it | pestled |
| we | pestled |
| you | pestled |
| they | pestled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pestled |
| you | had pestled |
| he;she;it | had pestled |
| we | had pestled |
| you | had pestled |
| they | had pestled |
Future
| I | will pestle |
| you | will pestle |
| he;she;it | will pestle |
| we | will pestle |
| you | will pestle |
| they | will pestle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pestled |
| you | will have pestled |
| he;she;it | will have pestled |
| we | will have pestled |
| you | will have pestled |
| they | will have pestled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pestle |
| you | pestle |
| he;she;it | pestle |
| we | pestle |
| you | pestle |
| they | pestle |
Perfect
| I | have pestled |
| you | have pestled |
| he;she;it | have pestled |
| we | have pestled |
| you | have pestled |
| they | have pestled |
Imperfect
| I | pestled |
| you | pestled |
| he;she;it | pestled |
| we | pestled |
| you | pestled |
| they | pestled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pestled |
| you | had pestled |
| he;she;it | had pestled |
| we | had pestled |
| you | had pestled |
| they | had pestled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pestle |
| you | would pestle |
| he;she;it | would pestle |
| we | would pestle |
| you | would pestle |
| they | would pestle |
Perfect
| I | would have pestled |
| you | would have pestled |
| he;she;it | would have pestled |
| we | would have pestled |
| you | would have pestled |
| they | would have pestled |
Imperative
| you | pestle |
| we | Let's pestle |
| you | pestle |
Verbs conjugated like 'pestle'
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 'pestle'
nestle,
pestre,
pettle,
beetle,
bustle,
castle,
epistle,
ettle,
fettle,
gentle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1272, from O.Fr.
pestel, from L.
pistillum "pounder, pestle," related to
pinsere "to pound," from PIE
*pis-to-, suffixed form of base
*peis- "to crush" (cf. Skt.
pinasti "pounds, crushes,"
pistah "anything ground, meal," Gk.
ptissein "to winnow," O.C.S.
piso, pichati "to push, thrust, strike,"
pisenica "wheat," Rus.
pseno "millet").
2. From Middle English pestel, pestell, from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pīnsō (“pound, beat”). Doublet of pistil and pistillum.
Verbs referencing "pestle"
Spanish
pisar, Sanskrit
पिनष्टि.
Sample Sentences
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‘Next time, boy, that you use that mortar for garlic, I will personally knock out your brain, place it in the said mortar, pestle it to a fine paste and give it to Dick Purser for feeding the dogs.’ [2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 47:]