Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cleat
Participle: cleated
Gerund: cleating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cleat |
| you | cleat |
| he;she;it | cleats |
| we | cleat |
| you | cleat |
| they | cleat |
Perfect
| I | have cleated |
| you | have cleated |
| he;she;it | has cleated |
| we | have cleated |
| you | have cleated |
| they | have cleated |
Past
| I | cleated |
| you | cleated |
| he;she;it | cleated |
| we | cleated |
| you | cleated |
| they | cleated |
Pluperfect
| I | had cleated |
| you | had cleated |
| he;she;it | had cleated |
| we | had cleated |
| you | had cleated |
| they | had cleated |
Future
| I | will cleat |
| you | will cleat |
| he;she;it | will cleat |
| we | will cleat |
| you | will cleat |
| they | will cleat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cleated |
| you | will have cleated |
| he;she;it | will have cleated |
| we | will have cleated |
| you | will have cleated |
| they | will have cleated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cleat |
| you | cleat |
| he;she;it | cleat |
| we | cleat |
| you | cleat |
| they | cleat |
Perfect
| I | have cleated |
| you | have cleated |
| he;she;it | have cleated |
| we | have cleated |
| you | have cleated |
| they | have cleated |
Imperfect
| I | cleated |
| you | cleated |
| he;she;it | cleated |
| we | cleated |
| you | cleated |
| they | cleated |
Pluperfect
| I | had cleated |
| you | had cleated |
| he;she;it | had cleated |
| we | had cleated |
| you | had cleated |
| they | had cleated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cleat |
| you | would cleat |
| he;she;it | would cleat |
| we | would cleat |
| you | would cleat |
| they | would cleat |
Perfect
| I | would have cleated |
| you | would have cleated |
| he;she;it | would have cleated |
| we | would have cleated |
| you | would have cleated |
| they | would have cleated |
Imperative
| you | cleat |
| we | Let's cleat |
| you | cleat |
Verbs conjugated like 'cleat'
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 'cleat'
bleat,
cheat,
clean,
clear,
cleft,
pleat,
alert,
beat,
blat,
bleam,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat (“block, wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaut, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and German Kloß (“clump”). See also clay and clout.
Sample Sentences
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An inner floor over the whole area of the deck provides a space for all the cable and pipe runs. On one side the cables are cleated into a duct which is sealed against the ingress of water and oil; the pipe lines run underneath the opposite side floor. [1960 April 26, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 239:]