pillow – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pillow

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pillow
Participle: pillowed
Gerund: pillowing

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of pillow

Indicative

Present

Ipillow
youpillow
he;she;itpillows
wepillow
youpillow
theypillow

Perfect

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

Past

Ipillowed
youpillowed
he;she;itpillowed
wepillowed
youpillowed
theypillowed

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ipillow
youpillow
he;she;itpillow
wepillow
youpillow
theypillow

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ipillowed
youpillowed
he;she;itpillowed
wepillowed
youpillowed
theypillowed

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youpillow
weLet's pillow
youpillow

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pillow'

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 'pillow'

billow, tillow, willow, allow, bellow, fallow, fellow, follow, gallow, hallow,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle, pylu (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peel (“pillow”), Alemannic German Pfulme (“pillow”), Dutch peluw (“a long, narrow pillow”), German Pfühl (“a big and soft pillow”), German Low German Pöhl (“pad, pillow, cushion”). See: Alemannic German 'Pfulme'.

Verbs referencing "pillow"

Tok Pisin pilo.

Sample Sentences

  • ...but Lucy was too thoroughly exhausted to awaken. There she lay, her head pillowed upon her arm, like a child that had cried itself to rest; while Francesca bent over her,... [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 73:]
  • As we stop in front of a tenement to watch one of these groups, a dirty baby in a single brief garment—yet a sweet, human little baby despite its dirt and tatters—tumbles off the lowest step, rolls over once, clutches my leg with unconscious grip, and goes to sleep on the flagstones, its curly head pillowed on my boot. [1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Sweaters of Jewtown”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 135:]
  • She had pillowed her head on her arm. [1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, pages 815–6:]