Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to straw
Participle: strawed
Gerund: strawing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | straw |
| you | straw |
| he;she;it | straws |
| we | straw |
| you | straw |
| they | straw |
Perfect
| I | have strawed |
| you | have strawed |
| he;she;it | has strawed |
| we | have strawed |
| you | have strawed |
| they | have strawed |
Past
| I | strawed |
| you | strawed |
| he;she;it | strawed |
| we | strawed |
| you | strawed |
| they | strawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had strawed |
| you | had strawed |
| he;she;it | had strawed |
| we | had strawed |
| you | had strawed |
| they | had strawed |
Future
| I | will straw |
| you | will straw |
| he;she;it | will straw |
| we | will straw |
| you | will straw |
| they | will straw |
Future Perfect
| I | will have strawed |
| you | will have strawed |
| he;she;it | will have strawed |
| we | will have strawed |
| you | will have strawed |
| they | will have strawed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | straw |
| you | straw |
| he;she;it | straw |
| we | straw |
| you | straw |
| they | straw |
Perfect
| I | have strawed |
| you | have strawed |
| he;she;it | have strawed |
| we | have strawed |
| you | have strawed |
| they | have strawed |
Imperfect
| I | strawed |
| you | strawed |
| he;she;it | strawed |
| we | strawed |
| you | strawed |
| they | strawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had strawed |
| you | had strawed |
| he;she;it | had strawed |
| we | had strawed |
| you | had strawed |
| they | had strawed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would straw |
| you | would straw |
| he;she;it | would straw |
| we | would straw |
| you | would straw |
| they | would straw |
Perfect
| I | would have strawed |
| you | would have strawed |
| he;she;it | would have strawed |
| we | would have strawed |
| you | would have strawed |
| they | would have strawed |
Imperative
| you | straw |
| we | Let's straw |
| you | straw |
Verbs conjugated like 'straw'
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 'straw'
staw,
stram,
strap,
stray,
strew,
atray,
craw,
draw,
estray,
saw,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English straw, from Old English strēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą (“that which is strewn, straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread around, strew”).
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sträi (“straw”), West Frisian strie (“straw”), Dutch stro (“straw”), German and German Low German Stroh (“straw”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish strå (“straw”), Icelandic strá (“straw”), Walloon strin, Albanian shtrohë (“kennel”). See: Icelandic '
strá'.
Sample Sentences
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Wherever religion is resorted to, as a strong drink, and as an escape from the dull monotonous round of home, those of its ministers who pepper the highest will be the surest to please. They who strew the Eternal Path with the greatest amount of brimstone, and who most ruthlessly tread down the flowers and leaves that grow by the wayside, will be voted the most righteous; and they who enlarge [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)