Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to barnacle
Participle: barnacled
Gerund: barnacling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | barnacle |
| you | barnacle |
| he;she;it | barnacles |
| we | barnacle |
| you | barnacle |
| they | barnacle |
Perfect
| I | have barnacled |
| you | have barnacled |
| he;she;it | has barnacled |
| we | have barnacled |
| you | have barnacled |
| they | have barnacled |
Past
| I | barnacled |
| you | barnacled |
| he;she;it | barnacled |
| we | barnacled |
| you | barnacled |
| they | barnacled |
Pluperfect
| I | had barnacled |
| you | had barnacled |
| he;she;it | had barnacled |
| we | had barnacled |
| you | had barnacled |
| they | had barnacled |
Future
| I | will barnacle |
| you | will barnacle |
| he;she;it | will barnacle |
| we | will barnacle |
| you | will barnacle |
| they | will barnacle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have barnacled |
| you | will have barnacled |
| he;she;it | will have barnacled |
| we | will have barnacled |
| you | will have barnacled |
| they | will have barnacled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | barnacle |
| you | barnacle |
| he;she;it | barnacle |
| we | barnacle |
| you | barnacle |
| they | barnacle |
Perfect
| I | have barnacled |
| you | have barnacled |
| he;she;it | have barnacled |
| we | have barnacled |
| you | have barnacled |
| they | have barnacled |
Imperfect
| I | barnacled |
| you | barnacled |
| he;she;it | barnacled |
| we | barnacled |
| you | barnacled |
| they | barnacled |
Pluperfect
| I | had barnacled |
| you | had barnacled |
| he;she;it | had barnacled |
| we | had barnacled |
| you | had barnacled |
| they | had barnacled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would barnacle |
| you | would barnacle |
| he;she;it | would barnacle |
| we | would barnacle |
| you | would barnacle |
| they | would barnacle |
Perfect
| I | would have barnacled |
| you | would have barnacled |
| he;she;it | would have barnacled |
| we | would have barnacled |
| you | would have barnacled |
| they | would have barnacled |
Imperative
| you | barnacle |
| we | Let's barnacle |
| you | barnacle |
Verbs conjugated like 'barnacle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'barnacle'
manacle,
arace,
article,
bangle,
barback,
barbecue,
barocycle,
barrack,
barrage,
brace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Uncertain, with long-debated origin. From Middle English barnakille, from earlier bernake, bernekke, most likely from Old Northern French bernaque (“barnacle”) (compare French barnache), probably from Medieval Latin barneca (“limpet”), probably from Gaulish (compare Welsh brennig, Irish bairneach), from Proto-Celtic *barannīkos, from *barinā (“rock, rocky ground”) (compare Old Irish barenn (“boulder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“hill, mountain”) + Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos; for sense development, compare Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “rock”) which gave λεπάς (lepás, “limpet”).
2. First attestations referred to the goose, with corresponding folklore (q.v.).
Sample Sentences
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Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge. [2009, Liza Dalby, Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos, Stone Bridge Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 178:]
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To dream that some things just barnacle to your heart, and it might take years, or it might always just be there. [2020, “YTK, Lunar Cartographer”, in Timmy's Unbuttoned Gen X Meditations, performed by Good Fuck:]
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He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace. [2002, Douglas Coupland, All Families Are Psychotic, Vintage Canada, published 2002, →ISBN, page 16:]