Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to washboard
Participle: washboarded
Gerund: washboarding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | washboard |
| you | washboard |
| he;she;it | washboards |
| we | washboard |
| you | washboard |
| they | washboard |
Perfect
| I | have washboarded |
| you | have washboarded |
| he;she;it | has washboarded |
| we | have washboarded |
| you | have washboarded |
| they | have washboarded |
Past
| I | washboarded |
| you | washboarded |
| he;she;it | washboarded |
| we | washboarded |
| you | washboarded |
| they | washboarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had washboarded |
| you | had washboarded |
| he;she;it | had washboarded |
| we | had washboarded |
| you | had washboarded |
| they | had washboarded |
Future
| I | will washboard |
| you | will washboard |
| he;she;it | will washboard |
| we | will washboard |
| you | will washboard |
| they | will washboard |
Future Perfect
| I | will have washboarded |
| you | will have washboarded |
| he;she;it | will have washboarded |
| we | will have washboarded |
| you | will have washboarded |
| they | will have washboarded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | washboard |
| you | washboard |
| he;she;it | washboard |
| we | washboard |
| you | washboard |
| they | washboard |
Perfect
| I | have washboarded |
| you | have washboarded |
| he;she;it | have washboarded |
| we | have washboarded |
| you | have washboarded |
| they | have washboarded |
Imperfect
| I | washboarded |
| you | washboarded |
| he;she;it | washboarded |
| we | washboarded |
| you | washboarded |
| they | washboarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had washboarded |
| you | had washboarded |
| he;she;it | had washboarded |
| we | had washboarded |
| you | had washboarded |
| they | had washboarded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would washboard |
| you | would washboard |
| he;she;it | would washboard |
| we | would washboard |
| you | would washboard |
| they | would washboard |
Perfect
| I | would have washboarded |
| you | would have washboarded |
| he;she;it | would have washboarded |
| we | would have washboarded |
| you | would have washboarded |
| they | would have washboarded |
Imperative
| you | washboard |
| we | Let's washboard |
| you | washboard |
Verbs conjugated like 'washboard'
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 'washboard'
dashboard,
wakeboard,
dishoard,
sailboard,
sandboard,
waterboard,
abord,
affoard,
bastard,
blackboard,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From wash + board.
Sample Sentences
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Doug came up with a half-guilty smile and washboarded his forehead at her. [1967, James Jones, Go to the Widow-Maker, page 515:]
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The rip that was generated by each change of tide had scoured the bottom white and washboarded the sand where it was still layered over the hardpan coral floor. [1992, Ocean Realm, page 17:]
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The low bass brruummmp of 20-mm slugs going out washboarded the bulkheads. [1997, David Poyer, The Passage: A Thriller, →ISBN:]
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She drove as fast as she dared, braking for the frost heaves that washboarded the blacktop and on her dirt road, bouncing in and out of the clay ruts cut by the flow of runoff. [2001, Phoebe:]
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It's almost as if the urge to washboard is intrinsically human. [2008, The New Yorker, page 28:]
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Individual bees have been observed washboarding on the inside glass of an observation hive. [2015, James E. Tew, The Beekeeper's Problem Solver, →ISBN, page 73:]
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This behaviour is believed to be associated with general cleaning activities but under what circumstances workers washboard is not known. [2015, Robert Owen, The Australian Beekeeping Manual, →ISBN, page 19-51:]