Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blackbird
Participle: blackbirded
Gerund: blackbirding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blackbird |
| you | blackbird |
| he;she;it | blackbirds |
| we | blackbird |
| you | blackbird |
| they | blackbird |
Perfect
| I | have blackbirded |
| you | have blackbirded |
| he;she;it | has blackbirded |
| we | have blackbirded |
| you | have blackbirded |
| they | have blackbirded |
Past
| I | blackbirded |
| you | blackbirded |
| he;she;it | blackbirded |
| we | blackbirded |
| you | blackbirded |
| they | blackbirded |
Pluperfect
| I | had blackbirded |
| you | had blackbirded |
| he;she;it | had blackbirded |
| we | had blackbirded |
| you | had blackbirded |
| they | had blackbirded |
Future
| I | will blackbird |
| you | will blackbird |
| he;she;it | will blackbird |
| we | will blackbird |
| you | will blackbird |
| they | will blackbird |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blackbirded |
| you | will have blackbirded |
| he;she;it | will have blackbirded |
| we | will have blackbirded |
| you | will have blackbirded |
| they | will have blackbirded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blackbird |
| you | blackbird |
| he;she;it | blackbird |
| we | blackbird |
| you | blackbird |
| they | blackbird |
Perfect
| I | have blackbirded |
| you | have blackbirded |
| he;she;it | have blackbirded |
| we | have blackbirded |
| you | have blackbirded |
| they | have blackbirded |
Imperfect
| I | blackbirded |
| you | blackbirded |
| he;she;it | blackbirded |
| we | blackbirded |
| you | blackbirded |
| they | blackbirded |
Pluperfect
| I | had blackbirded |
| you | had blackbirded |
| he;she;it | had blackbirded |
| we | had blackbirded |
| you | had blackbirded |
| they | had blackbirded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blackbird |
| you | would blackbird |
| he;she;it | would blackbird |
| we | would blackbird |
| you | would blackbird |
| they | would blackbird |
Perfect
| I | would have blackbirded |
| you | would have blackbirded |
| he;she;it | would have blackbirded |
| we | would have blackbirded |
| you | would have blackbirded |
| they | would have blackbirded |
Imperative
| you | blackbird |
| we | Let's blackbird |
| you | blackbird |
Verbs conjugated like 'blackbird'
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 'blackbird'
blackboard,
backbend,
backbite,
backburn,
backfire,
backward,
blackbag,
blackball,
blackberry,
blackbox,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black + bird.
Sample Sentences
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[2005, Wal F. Bird, Me No Go Mally Bulla: Recruiting and Blackbirding in the Queensland Labour Trade 1863–1906, Ginninderra Press, →ISBN, →ISBN:]
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“At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.” [2000, Kate Fortune, Brij V. Lal, The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia – Volume 1, University of Hawaiʻi, →ISBN, page 208:]