Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cabbage
Participle: cabbaged
Gerund: cabbaging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cabbage |
| you | cabbage |
| he;she;it | cabbages |
| we | cabbage |
| you | cabbage |
| they | cabbage |
Perfect
| I | have cabbaged |
| you | have cabbaged |
| he;she;it | has cabbaged |
| we | have cabbaged |
| you | have cabbaged |
| they | have cabbaged |
Past
| I | cabbaged |
| you | cabbaged |
| he;she;it | cabbaged |
| we | cabbaged |
| you | cabbaged |
| they | cabbaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had cabbaged |
| you | had cabbaged |
| he;she;it | had cabbaged |
| we | had cabbaged |
| you | had cabbaged |
| they | had cabbaged |
Future
| I | will cabbage |
| you | will cabbage |
| he;she;it | will cabbage |
| we | will cabbage |
| you | will cabbage |
| they | will cabbage |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cabbaged |
| you | will have cabbaged |
| he;she;it | will have cabbaged |
| we | will have cabbaged |
| you | will have cabbaged |
| they | will have cabbaged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cabbage |
| you | cabbage |
| he;she;it | cabbage |
| we | cabbage |
| you | cabbage |
| they | cabbage |
Perfect
| I | have cabbaged |
| you | have cabbaged |
| he;she;it | have cabbaged |
| we | have cabbaged |
| you | have cabbaged |
| they | have cabbaged |
Imperfect
| I | cabbaged |
| you | cabbaged |
| he;she;it | cabbaged |
| we | cabbaged |
| you | cabbaged |
| they | cabbaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had cabbaged |
| you | had cabbaged |
| he;she;it | had cabbaged |
| we | had cabbaged |
| you | had cabbaged |
| they | had cabbaged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cabbage |
| you | would cabbage |
| he;she;it | would cabbage |
| we | would cabbage |
| you | would cabbage |
| they | would cabbage |
Perfect
| I | would have cabbaged |
| you | would have cabbaged |
| he;she;it | would have cabbaged |
| we | would have cabbaged |
| you | would have cabbaged |
| they | would have cabbaged |
Imperative
| you | cabbage |
| we | Let's cabbage |
| you | cabbage |
Verbs conjugated like 'cabbage'
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 'cabbage'
garbage,
rabbate,
abase,
abate,
abegge,
ablate,
abrade,
abrase,
arage,
babble,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to be idle
- arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around, clown around, dawdle, dick about, dick around, dilly-dally, drumble, faff, faff about, faff around, fanny about, fanny around, fart about, fart around, fiddle about, fiddle around, fool about, fool around, footle, goof around, goof off, hang about, hang around, hang out, horse around, idle, jerk off, lallygag, laze, laze about, laze around, linger, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, loiter, lollygag, mess around, mill about, mill around, muck about, muck around, tarry, waste time, while
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Old French caboce
3. Anglo-Norman cabochebor.
4. Middle English caboche
5. English cabbage
6. From Middle English caboche, cabage (“cabbage”; “a certain fish”), a borrowing from Anglo-Norman caboche (“head”), a northern variant of caboce, of uncertain origin. Some authorities derive it from Latin caput (“head”), others from ca- (said to be an expressive prefix) + boce (“hump; bump”) (whence English boss).
Sample Sentences
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to make lettuce cabbage
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How effective the project was is a moot point, because there were never any studies carried out to see whether children benefited from cabbaging in front of the TV rather than interacting with a teacher. [2006, Steve Mckevitt, Why the World Is Full of Useless Things, page 38:]