Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to willow
Participle: willowed
Gerund: willowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | willow |
| you | willow |
| he;she;it | willows |
| we | willow |
| you | willow |
| they | willow |
Perfect
| I | have willowed |
| you | have willowed |
| he;she;it | has willowed |
| we | have willowed |
| you | have willowed |
| they | have willowed |
Past
| I | willowed |
| you | willowed |
| he;she;it | willowed |
| we | willowed |
| you | willowed |
| they | willowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had willowed |
| you | had willowed |
| he;she;it | had willowed |
| we | had willowed |
| you | had willowed |
| they | had willowed |
Future
| I | will willow |
| you | will willow |
| he;she;it | will willow |
| we | will willow |
| you | will willow |
| they | will willow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have willowed |
| you | will have willowed |
| he;she;it | will have willowed |
| we | will have willowed |
| you | will have willowed |
| they | will have willowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | willow |
| you | willow |
| he;she;it | willow |
| we | willow |
| you | willow |
| they | willow |
Perfect
| I | have willowed |
| you | have willowed |
| he;she;it | have willowed |
| we | have willowed |
| you | have willowed |
| they | have willowed |
Imperfect
| I | willowed |
| you | willowed |
| he;she;it | willowed |
| we | willowed |
| you | willowed |
| they | willowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had willowed |
| you | had willowed |
| he;she;it | had willowed |
| we | had willowed |
| you | had willowed |
| they | had willowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would willow |
| you | would willow |
| he;she;it | would willow |
| we | would willow |
| you | would willow |
| they | would willow |
Perfect
| I | would have willowed |
| you | would have willowed |
| he;she;it | would have willowed |
| we | would have willowed |
| you | would have willowed |
| they | would have willowed |
Imperative
| you | willow |
| we | Let's willow |
| you | willow |
Verbs conjugated like 'willow'
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 'willow'
billow,
pillow,
tillow,
wallow,
allow,
bellow,
fallow,
fellow,
follow,
gallow,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. welig, from P.Gmc. *walg- (cf. O.S. wilgia, M.Du. wilghe, Du. wilg), probably from PIE *wel- "to turn, roll," with derivatives referring to curved, enclosing objects. The change in form to -ow (14c.) paralleled that of bellow and fellow. Willowy "flexible and graceful" is attested from 1791.
2. From Middle English wilwe, welew, variant of wilghe, from Old English welig, from Proto-West Germanic *wilig, from Proto-Germanic *wiligaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welik- (compare (Arcadian) Ancient Greek ἑλίκη (helíkē), Hittite 𒌑𒂖𒆪 (welku, “grass”)), from *wel- (“twist, turn”).
Sample Sentences
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Willowing over the rough cobbles of the little pier stepped a thin, bent figure, adorned with a silver nanny-goat's beard and bobbling eyes interrupted by the rim of a pair of pince-nez. [1928, Robert Byron, “Gardenias and Sweetpeas”, in The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 175:]
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Joe’s impulse was to sketch her, with her shadow willowing beyond her on the mouse-gray paving-stone; but his left fist, obeying instinct, remained clenched behind his back […] [1930, Talbot Mundy, chapter 7, in Black Light:]
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It was floating a foot under the surface. The eyes were holes. The mouth was a slit cavern of darkness. The hair willowed around the scalp. [1985, Martin Booth, Hiroshima Joe, New York: Picador, page 394:]
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The draft-drawn smoke willowed down through the hole and across my face, but I didn’t worry about coughing or sneezing. [2013, Dean Koontz, Wilderness, Bantam Books:]