Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to barb
Participle: barbed
Gerund: barbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | barb |
| you | barb |
| he;she;it | barbs |
| we | barb |
| you | barb |
| they | barb |
Perfect
| I | have barbed |
| you | have barbed |
| he;she;it | has barbed |
| we | have barbed |
| you | have barbed |
| they | have barbed |
Past
| I | barbed |
| you | barbed |
| he;she;it | barbed |
| we | barbed |
| you | barbed |
| they | barbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had barbed |
| you | had barbed |
| he;she;it | had barbed |
| we | had barbed |
| you | had barbed |
| they | had barbed |
Future
| I | will barb |
| you | will barb |
| he;she;it | will barb |
| we | will barb |
| you | will barb |
| they | will barb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have barbed |
| you | will have barbed |
| he;she;it | will have barbed |
| we | will have barbed |
| you | will have barbed |
| they | will have barbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | barb |
| you | barb |
| he;she;it | barb |
| we | barb |
| you | barb |
| they | barb |
Perfect
| I | have barbed |
| you | have barbed |
| he;she;it | have barbed |
| we | have barbed |
| you | have barbed |
| they | have barbed |
Imperfect
| I | barbed |
| you | barbed |
| he;she;it | barbed |
| we | barbed |
| you | barbed |
| they | barbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had barbed |
| you | had barbed |
| he;she;it | had barbed |
| we | had barbed |
| you | had barbed |
| they | had barbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would barb |
| you | would barb |
| he;she;it | would barb |
| we | would barb |
| you | would barb |
| they | would barb |
Perfect
| I | would have barbed |
| you | would have barbed |
| he;she;it | would have barbed |
| we | would have barbed |
| you | would have barbed |
| they | would have barbed |
Imperative
| you | barb |
| we | Let's barb |
| you | barb |
Verbs conjugated like 'barb'
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 'barb'
arb,
bab,
bar,
bard,
bare,
barf,
bark,
barm,
barn,
farb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. PIE word
2. *bʰardʰéh₂
3. From Middle English barbe, from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe (“beard, beard-like element”). Doublet of beard.
Sample Sentences
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[…] for this day will pour down, / If I conjecture aught, no drizzling shower, / But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. [1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 544–546:]
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Undoubtedly—when Ingratitude barbs the Dart of Injury—the wound has double danger in it— [1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii:]
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Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. [1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:]
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Her coat was a tangled mass, barbed with last year's burs, matted disgustingly with cow dung. [1944, Emily Carr, “Meg the Worker”, in The House of All Sorts:]
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O thou pale ſober night, / […] / The ſtooping Sitheman that dooth barbe the field, / Thou makſt winke ſure: […] [c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii:]