pin – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pin

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pin down sth
Participle: pinned down sth
Gerund: pinning down sth

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of pin

Indicative

Present

Ipin down sth
youpin down sth
he;she;itpins down sth
wepin down sth
youpin down sth
theypin down sth

Perfect

Ihave pinned down sth
youhave pinned down sth
he;she;ithas pinned down sth
wehave pinned down sth
youhave pinned down sth
theyhave pinned down sth

Past

Ipinned down sth
youpinned down sth
he;she;itpinned down sth
wepinned down sth
youpinned down sth
theypinned down sth

Pluperfect

Ihad pinned down sth
youhad pinned down sth
he;she;ithad pinned down sth
wehad pinned down sth
youhad pinned down sth
theyhad pinned down sth

Future

Iwill pin down sth
youwill pin down sth
he;she;itwill pin down sth
wewill pin down sth
youwill pin down sth
theywill pin down sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have pinned down sth
youwill have pinned down sth
he;she;itwill have pinned down sth
wewill have pinned down sth
youwill have pinned down sth
theywill have pinned down sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ipin down sth
youpin down sth
he;she;itpin down sth
wepin down sth
youpin down sth
theypin down sth

Perfect

Ihave pinned down sth
youhave pinned down sth
he;she;ithave pinned down sth
wehave pinned down sth
youhave pinned down sth
theyhave pinned down sth

Imperfect

Ipinned down sth
youpinned down sth
he;she;itpinned down sth
wepinned down sth
youpinned down sth
theypinned down sth

Pluperfect

Ihad pinned down sth
youhad pinned down sth
he;she;ithad pinned down sth
wehad pinned down sth
youhad pinned down sth
theyhad pinned down sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould pin down sth
youwould pin down sth
he;she;itwould pin down sth
wewould pin down sth
youwould pin down sth
theywould pin down sth

Perfect

Iwould have pinned down sth
youwould have pinned down sth
he;she;itwould have pinned down sth
wewould have pinned down sth
youwould have pinned down sth
theywould have pinned down sth

Imperative

youpin down sth
weLet's pin down sth
youpin down sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pinning down sth
youare pinning down sth
he;she;itis pinning down sth
weare pinning down sth
youare pinning down sth
theyare pinning down sth

Perfect

Ihave been pinning down sth
youhave been pinning down sth
he;she;ithas been pinning down sth
wehave been pinning down sth
youhave been pinning down sth
theyhave been pinning down sth

Past

Iwas pinning down sth
youwere pinning down sth
he;she;itwas pinning down sth
wewere pinning down sth
youwere pinning down sth
theywere pinning down sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been pinning down sth
youhad been pinning down sth
he;she;ithad been pinning down sth
wehad been pinning down sth
youhad been pinning down sth
theyhad been pinning down sth

Future

Iwill be pinning down sth
youwill be pinning down sth
he;she;itwill be pinning down sth
wewill be pinning down sth
youwill be pinning down sth
theywill be pinning down sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pinning down sth
youwill have been pinning down sth
he;she;itwill have been pinning down sth
wewill have been pinning down sth
youwill have been pinning down sth
theywill have been pinning down sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pinning down sth
youwould be pinning down sth
he;she;itwould be pinning down sth
wewould be pinning down sth
youwould be pinning down sth
theywould be pinning down sth

Perfect

Iwould have been pinning down sth
youwould have been pinning down sth
he;she;itwould have been pinning down sth
wewould have been pinning down sth
youwould have been pinning down sth
theywould have been pinning down sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pin'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pin'

bin, din, fin, gin, in, lin, min, pain, pan, pein,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fasten
close, fix, clasp, bind

Antonyms

fasten
unfasten, loosen, loose, release

Additional Information

Etymology

1. late O.E. pinn "peg, bolt," from P.Gmc. *penn- "jutting point or peak" (cf. O.N. pinni "peg, tack," M.Du. pin "pin, peg," O.H.G. pfinn, Ger. Pinne "pin, tack") which may be via L. pinna "wing, feather," also used for "pointed peak," from PIE *bend- "something protruding." The modern slender wire pin is first attested by this name c.1380. Transferred sense of "leg" is recorded from 1530. The verb is recorded from c.1300; sense of "to hold someone or something down so he or it cannot escape" is attested from 1740. Pin-up (adj.) is from 1941 (first in ref. to Dorothy Lamour); the noun is recorded from 1943. Pinwheel is from 1696, "a wheel in the striking train of a clock in which pins are fixed to lift the hammer;" fireworks sense is from 1869. Pinhead "person of small intelligence" is first attested 1896. Pin-stripe is attested from 1896. Pin-money "annual sum allotted to a woman for personal expenses on dress, etc." is attested from 1621.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Germanic *pinnaz
4. Proto-West Germanic *pinn
5. Old English pinn
6. Middle English pinne
7. English pin
8. From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pen (“enclosure”).
9. Cognate with Dutch pin (“peg, pin”), Low German pin, pinne (“pin, point, nail, peg”), German Pinn, Pinne (“pin, tack, peg”), Bavarian Pfonzer, Pfunzer (“sharpened point”), Danish pind (“pin, pointed stick”), Norwegian pinn (“stick”), Swedish pinne (“peg, rod, stick”), Icelandic pinni (“pin”). More at pintle.
10. No relation to classical Latin pinna (“fin, flipper, wing-like appendage, wing, feather”), which was extended to mean "ridge, peak, point" (compare pinnacle), and often confused with Latin penna (“wing, feather”). More at feather and pen (Etymology 3). See: Swedish 'pinne'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] had been specially engaged for ‘Charles Dickens, Esquire, and Lady, ’ was rendered sufficiently clear even to my scared intellect by a very small manuscript, announcing the fact, which was pinned on a very flat quilt, covering a very thin mattress, spread like a surgical plaster on a most inaccessible shelf. But that this was the state-room concerning which Charles Dickens, Esquire, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] subsided into a snoring slumberer, was one of the most singular effects I have ever witnessed. As to the ladies, they were already abed, behind the red curtain, which was carefully drawn and pinned up the centre; though as every cough, or sneeze, or whisper, behind this curtain, was perfectly audible before it, we had still a lively consciousness of their society. (American Notes for General Circulation)