Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to snavel
Participle: snavelled
Gerund: snavelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | snavel |
| you | snavel |
| he;she;it | snavels |
| we | snavel |
| you | snavel |
| they | snavel |
Perfect
| I | have snavelled |
| you | have snavelled |
| he;she;it | has snavelled |
| we | have snavelled |
| you | have snavelled |
| they | have snavelled |
Past
| I | snavelled |
| you | snavelled |
| he;she;it | snavelled |
| we | snavelled |
| you | snavelled |
| they | snavelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had snavelled |
| you | had snavelled |
| he;she;it | had snavelled |
| we | had snavelled |
| you | had snavelled |
| they | had snavelled |
Future
| I | will snavel |
| you | will snavel |
| he;she;it | will snavel |
| we | will snavel |
| you | will snavel |
| they | will snavel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have snavelled |
| you | will have snavelled |
| he;she;it | will have snavelled |
| we | will have snavelled |
| you | will have snavelled |
| they | will have snavelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | snavel |
| you | snavel |
| he;she;it | snavel |
| we | snavel |
| you | snavel |
| they | snavel |
Perfect
| I | have snavelled |
| you | have snavelled |
| he;she;it | have snavelled |
| we | have snavelled |
| you | have snavelled |
| they | have snavelled |
Imperfect
| I | snavelled |
| you | snavelled |
| he;she;it | snavelled |
| we | snavelled |
| you | snavelled |
| they | snavelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had snavelled |
| you | had snavelled |
| he;she;it | had snavelled |
| we | had snavelled |
| you | had snavelled |
| they | had snavelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would snavel |
| you | would snavel |
| he;she;it | would snavel |
| we | would snavel |
| you | would snavel |
| they | would snavel |
Perfect
| I | would have snavelled |
| you | would have snavelled |
| he;she;it | would have snavelled |
| we | would have snavelled |
| you | would have snavelled |
| they | would have snavelled |
Imperative
| you | snavel |
| we | Let's snavel |
| you | snavel |
Verbs conjugated like 'snavel'
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 'snavel'
snivel,
avel,
chavel,
enamel,
gavel,
gravel,
ravel,
save,
shovel,
slave,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Probably related to snaffle, which may be from Dutch snavel.
Sample Sentences
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1902, Barbara Baynton, Bush Studies, 2009, Sydney University Press, page 59,
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Then he missed his silk handkerchief. “Ghost!” he said, breathing heavily. “Mag′s snavelled it! […] ”
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‘You got to own I’m pretty good when it comes to snavelling venison pasties,’ he said. [1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 50:]
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Billy May said he made his first electric guitars after talking to an American named Paul Bigsley, who claimed to be the inventor of the Tremolo Lever, which idea, according to Billy, was “snavelled” by Fender and improved upon. [1996, Lorene Ruymar, The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians, page 42:]
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Paul tried to snavel Dan′s chair from under him.
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1915, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 472,
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This was in his constituency, and he believed the idea was to go straight through the reserve eventually — that if they snavelled this piece now they would snavel more of this playground a little later on, and completely spoil the reserve.
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These primitive merchants lost the Booradeela Timber Reserve when it was snavelled up even before the Depression by the Kincomba Building Combine with a wheedled government contract. [1986, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, page 26:]