Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bard
Participle: barded
Gerund: barding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bard |
| you | bard |
| he;she;it | bards |
| we | bard |
| you | bard |
| they | bard |
Perfect
| I | have barded |
| you | have barded |
| he;she;it | has barded |
| we | have barded |
| you | have barded |
| they | have barded |
Past
| I | barded |
| you | barded |
| he;she;it | barded |
| we | barded |
| you | barded |
| they | barded |
Pluperfect
| I | had barded |
| you | had barded |
| he;she;it | had barded |
| we | had barded |
| you | had barded |
| they | had barded |
Future
| I | will bard |
| you | will bard |
| he;she;it | will bard |
| we | will bard |
| you | will bard |
| they | will bard |
Future Perfect
| I | will have barded |
| you | will have barded |
| he;she;it | will have barded |
| we | will have barded |
| you | will have barded |
| they | will have barded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bard |
| you | bard |
| he;she;it | bard |
| we | bard |
| you | bard |
| they | bard |
Perfect
| I | have barded |
| you | have barded |
| he;she;it | have barded |
| we | have barded |
| you | have barded |
| they | have barded |
Imperfect
| I | barded |
| you | barded |
| he;she;it | barded |
| we | barded |
| you | barded |
| they | barded |
Pluperfect
| I | had barded |
| you | had barded |
| he;she;it | had barded |
| we | had barded |
| you | had barded |
| they | had barded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bard |
| you | would bard |
| he;she;it | would bard |
| we | would bard |
| you | would bard |
| they | would bard |
Perfect
| I | would have barded |
| you | would have barded |
| he;she;it | would have barded |
| we | would have barded |
| you | would have barded |
| they | would have barded |
Imperative
| you | bard |
| we | Let's bard |
| you | bard |
Verbs conjugated like 'bard'
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 'bard'
bad,
bald,
band,
bar,
barb,
bare,
barf,
bark,
barm,
barn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1449, from Scottish, from O.Celt.
bardos "poet, singer," from PIE base
*gwer- "to lift up the voice, praise." In historic times, a term of contempt among the Scots (who considered them itinerant troublemakers), but one of great respect among the Welsh.
"All vagabundis, fulis, bardis, scudlaris, and siclike idill pepill, sall be brint on the cheek." [local Scottish ordinance, c.1500]
Subsequently idealized by Scott in the more ancient sense of "lyric poet, singer." Poetic use of the word in English is from Gk.
bardos, L.
bardus, both from Gaulish.
Bardolatry "worship of Shakespeare (the 'Bard of Avon')" first recorded 1901.
2. From French barde. English since the late 15th century.
Sample Sentences
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The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece. [1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29:]