pickle – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pickle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pickle
Participle: pickled
Gerund: pickling

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ipickle
youpickle
he;she;itpickles
wepickle
youpickle
theypickle

Perfect

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

Past

Ipickled
youpickled
he;she;itpickled
wepickled
youpickled
theypickled

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ipickle
youpickle
he;she;itpickle
wepickle
youpickle
theypickle

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ipickled
youpickled
he;she;itpickled
wepickled
youpickled
theypickled

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youpickle
weLet's pickle
youpickle

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'pickle'

fickle, prickle, sickle, tickle, brickle, buckle, cackle, cockle, eckle, hackle,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

preserve
cure, marinade, steep, keep, can, brine, conserve

Antonyms

preserve
waste, destroy, ruin, lose

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English pikel (“spicy sauce served with meat or fish”), borrowed from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pekel (“brine”). Cognate with Scots pikkill (“salt liquor, brine”), Saterland Frisian Piekele (“pickle, brine”), Dutch pekel (“pickle, brine”), Low German pekel, peckel, pickel, bickel (“pickle, brine”), German Pökel (“pickle, brine”), Icelandic pækill (“brine”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Piekele'.

Verbs referencing "pickle"

Irish picil, German, old spelling pökeln, Swedish pickla.

Sample Sentences

  • We pickled the remainder of the crop.
  • These cucumbers pickle very well.
  • The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning.
  • You can now restore the pickled data. If you like, close your Python interpreter and open a new instance, to convince yourself […] [2005, Peter Norton, et al: Beginning Python:]
  • To illustrate how this would work in practice, consider a field designed to store and retrieve a pickled copy of any arbitrary Python object. [2008, Marty Alchin, Pro Django:]
  • On Wednesday 26 May, […] I had [an enslaved man] flogged and pickled and then made Hector shit in his mouth. […] In July, […] Gave [another enslaved man] a moderate whipping, pickled him well, made Hector shit in his mouth, […] [1756, Thomas Thistlewood, diary, quoted in 2001, Glyne A. Griffith, Caribbean Cultural Identities, Bucknell University Press, page 38]
  • Naval seamen could also be keel-hauled, ducked, pickled, and flogged around the fleet.
  • [elsewhere, page 93, the book explains:] A pickled man had his flogged back washed with vinegar. [2016, Christopher P. Magra, Poseidon's Curse: British Naval Impressment and Atlantic Origins of the American Revolution, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 70:]