sley – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sley

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sley
Participle: sleyed
Gerund: sleying

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	sley
you	sley
he;she;it	sleys
we	sley
you	sley
they	sley

Perfect

I	have sleyed
you	have sleyed
he;she;it	has sleyed
we	have sleyed
you	have sleyed
they	have sleyed

Past

I	sleyed
you	sleyed
he;she;it	sleyed
we	sleyed
you	sleyed
they	sleyed

Pluperfect

I	had sleyed
you	had sleyed
he;she;it	had sleyed
we	had sleyed
you	had sleyed
they	had sleyed

Future

I	will sley
you	will sley
he;she;it	will sley
we	will sley
you	will sley
they	will sley

Future Perfect

I	will have sleyed
you	will have sleyed
he;she;it	will have sleyed
we	will have sleyed
you	will have sleyed
they	will have sleyed

Subjunctive

Present

I	sley
you	sley
he;she;it	sley
we	sley
you	sley
they	sley

Perfect

I	have sleyed
you	have sleyed
he;she;it	have sleyed
we	have sleyed
you	have sleyed
they	have sleyed

Imperfect

I	sleyed
you	sleyed
he;she;it	sleyed
we	sleyed
you	sleyed
they	sleyed

Pluperfect

I	had sleyed
you	had sleyed
he;she;it	had sleyed
we	had sleyed
you	had sleyed
they	had sleyed

Conditional

Present

I	would sley
you	would sley
he;she;it	would sley
we	would sley
you	would sley
they	would sley

Perfect

I	would have sleyed
you	would have sleyed
he;she;it	would have sleyed
we	would have sleyed
you	would have sleyed
they	would have sleyed

Imperative

you	sley
we	Let's sley
you	sley

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am sleying
you	are sleying
he;she;it	is sleying
we	are sleying
you	are sleying
they	are sleying

Perfect

I	have been sleying
you	have been sleying
he;she;it	has been sleying
we	have been sleying
you	have been sleying
they	have been sleying

Past

I	was sleying
you	were sleying
he;she;it	was sleying
we	were sleying
you	were sleying
they	were sleying

Pluperfect

I	had been sleying
you	had been sleying
he;she;it	had been sleying
we	had been sleying
you	had been sleying
they	had been sleying

Future

I	will be sleying
you	will be sleying
he;she;it	will be sleying
we	will be sleying
you	will be sleying
they	will be sleying

Future Perfect

I	will have been sleying
you	will have been sleying
he;she;it	will have been sleying
we	will have been sleying
you	will have been sleying
they	will have been sleying

Conditional

Present

I	would be sleying
you	would be sleying
he;she;it	would be sleying
we	would be sleying
you	would be sleying
they	would be sleying

Perfect

I	would have been sleying
you	would have been sleying
he;she;it	would have been sleying
we	would have been sleying
you	would have been sleying
they	would have been sleying

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'sley'

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 'sley'

fley, gley, ley, pley, slay, sled, slew, ally, bleb, bleg,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English slay, from Old English slege.

Sample Sentences

Centering for a weaving width of 15 7/15", sley 2 ends per dent in a 15-dent reed, or centering for a width of 15 5/10", sley 3 ends per dent in a 10-dent reed. [2026, Shelby Moravec, “Flight of the Dragonflies Scarf”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 28:]