Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stevedore
Participle: stevedored
Gerund: stevedoring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stevedore |
| you | stevedore |
| he;she;it | stevedores |
| we | stevedore |
| you | stevedore |
| they | stevedore |
Perfect
| I | have stevedored |
| you | have stevedored |
| he;she;it | has stevedored |
| we | have stevedored |
| you | have stevedored |
| they | have stevedored |
Past
| I | stevedored |
| you | stevedored |
| he;she;it | stevedored |
| we | stevedored |
| you | stevedored |
| they | stevedored |
Pluperfect
| I | had stevedored |
| you | had stevedored |
| he;she;it | had stevedored |
| we | had stevedored |
| you | had stevedored |
| they | had stevedored |
Future
| I | will stevedore |
| you | will stevedore |
| he;she;it | will stevedore |
| we | will stevedore |
| you | will stevedore |
| they | will stevedore |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stevedored |
| you | will have stevedored |
| he;she;it | will have stevedored |
| we | will have stevedored |
| you | will have stevedored |
| they | will have stevedored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stevedore |
| you | stevedore |
| he;she;it | stevedore |
| we | stevedore |
| you | stevedore |
| they | stevedore |
Perfect
| I | have stevedored |
| you | have stevedored |
| he;she;it | have stevedored |
| we | have stevedored |
| you | have stevedored |
| they | have stevedored |
Imperfect
| I | stevedored |
| you | stevedored |
| he;she;it | stevedored |
| we | stevedored |
| you | stevedored |
| they | stevedored |
Pluperfect
| I | had stevedored |
| you | had stevedored |
| he;she;it | had stevedored |
| we | had stevedored |
| you | had stevedored |
| they | had stevedored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stevedore |
| you | would stevedore |
| he;she;it | would stevedore |
| we | would stevedore |
| you | would stevedore |
| they | would stevedore |
Perfect
| I | would have stevedored |
| you | would have stevedored |
| he;she;it | would have stevedored |
| we | would have stevedored |
| you | would have stevedored |
| they | would have stevedored |
Imperative
| you | stevedore |
| we | Let's stevedore |
| you | stevedore |
Verbs conjugated like 'stevedore'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stevedore'
develope,
reverdure,
revere,
secede,
sever,
sexplore,
steeple,
steer,
steeve,
stereo,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Spanish estibador (cognate with Portuguese estivador, and compare Medieval Latin stivator), from estivar, estibar (“to load”), from Medieval Latin stivare, stīpāre (compare Italian stivare, stipare), the present active infinitive of stīpō (“to cram, fill, stuff”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *steypos, which is from the root Proto-Indo-European *steyp-. It is cognate with stiff through Proto-Indo-European.
2. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was attested in 1788 in the early form stowadore (see the quotations). It was included in the 1st edition of Webster’s Dictionary (1828) as stevedore. See: Portuguese '
estivador', Italian '
stivare'.
Sample Sentences
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During the year 334,242 tons of cargo were stevedored and 933,092 tons were handled and transferred. [1914, Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Panama Rail Road Company to the Stockholders, New York, N.Y.: Panama Rail Road Company, →OCLC, page 11:]
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[I]n Barcelona, when he was stevedoring at the docks […] [1963, Thomas Pynchon, V., a Novel, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott & Co., →OCLC:]
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I stevedored [railway] ties, a lot of those devils. In the holds of ships. I was in the bow because I was small to get in there. I loaded a lot of these ties that came out of Navarro and that layout. [1976, Bruce Levene et al., Mendocino County Remembered: An Oral History, volumes I (A–L), [Ukaih?] Calif.: Mendocino County Historical Society, →OCLC, page 161:]