Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to boy
Participle: boyed
Gerund: boying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | boy |
| you | boy |
| he;she;it | boys |
| we | boy |
| you | boy |
| they | boy |
Perfect
| I | have boyed |
| you | have boyed |
| he;she;it | has boyed |
| we | have boyed |
| you | have boyed |
| they | have boyed |
Past
| I | boyed |
| you | boyed |
| he;she;it | boyed |
| we | boyed |
| you | boyed |
| they | boyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had boyed |
| you | had boyed |
| he;she;it | had boyed |
| we | had boyed |
| you | had boyed |
| they | had boyed |
Future
| I | will boy |
| you | will boy |
| he;she;it | will boy |
| we | will boy |
| you | will boy |
| they | will boy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have boyed |
| you | will have boyed |
| he;she;it | will have boyed |
| we | will have boyed |
| you | will have boyed |
| they | will have boyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | boy |
| you | boy |
| he;she;it | boy |
| we | boy |
| you | boy |
| they | boy |
Perfect
| I | have boyed |
| you | have boyed |
| he;she;it | have boyed |
| we | have boyed |
| you | have boyed |
| they | have boyed |
Imperfect
| I | boyed |
| you | boyed |
| he;she;it | boyed |
| we | boyed |
| you | boyed |
| they | boyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had boyed |
| you | had boyed |
| he;she;it | had boyed |
| we | had boyed |
| you | had boyed |
| they | had boyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would boy |
| you | would boy |
| he;she;it | would boy |
| we | would boy |
| you | would boy |
| they | would boy |
Perfect
| I | would have boyed |
| you | would have boyed |
| he;she;it | would have boyed |
| we | would have boyed |
| you | would have boyed |
| they | would have boyed |
Imperative
| you | boy |
| we | Let's boy |
| you | boy |
Verbs conjugated like 'boy'
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 'boy'
bay,
bob,
body,
bog,
boo,
bop,
bot,
bow,
box,
buoy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
3. Proto-Germanic *bō-
4. Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
5. Old English *bōia
6. Middle English boye
7. English boy
8. From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
9. Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”), Lombard bagaj. See also bully. See: Bavarian 'Bua'.
Sample Sentences
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I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:]