Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to collar
Participle: collared
Gerund: collaring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | collar |
| you | collar |
| he;she;it | collars |
| we | collar |
| you | collar |
| they | collar |
Perfect
| I | have collared |
| you | have collared |
| he;she;it | has collared |
| we | have collared |
| you | have collared |
| they | have collared |
Past
| I | collared |
| you | collared |
| he;she;it | collared |
| we | collared |
| you | collared |
| they | collared |
Pluperfect
| I | had collared |
| you | had collared |
| he;she;it | had collared |
| we | had collared |
| you | had collared |
| they | had collared |
Future
| I | will collar |
| you | will collar |
| he;she;it | will collar |
| we | will collar |
| you | will collar |
| they | will collar |
Future Perfect
| I | will have collared |
| you | will have collared |
| he;she;it | will have collared |
| we | will have collared |
| you | will have collared |
| they | will have collared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | collar |
| you | collar |
| he;she;it | collar |
| we | collar |
| you | collar |
| they | collar |
Perfect
| I | have collared |
| you | have collared |
| he;she;it | have collared |
| we | have collared |
| you | have collared |
| they | have collared |
Imperfect
| I | collared |
| you | collared |
| he;she;it | collared |
| we | collared |
| you | collared |
| they | collared |
Pluperfect
| I | had collared |
| you | had collared |
| he;she;it | had collared |
| we | had collared |
| you | had collared |
| they | had collared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would collar |
| you | would collar |
| he;she;it | would collar |
| we | would collar |
| you | would collar |
| they | would collar |
Perfect
| I | would have collared |
| you | would have collared |
| he;she;it | would have collared |
| we | would have collared |
| you | would have collared |
| they | would have collared |
Imperative
| you | collar |
| we | Let's collar |
| you | collar |
Verbs conjugated like 'collar'
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 'collar'
cellar,
collab,
collor,
gollar,
sollar,
clear,
colead,
coll,
collage,
collate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1297, from O.Fr.
coler, from L.
collare "necklace, band or chain for the neck," from
collum "the neck," from PIE
*kwol-o- "neck" (cf. O.N., M.Du.
hals "neck"), lit. "that on which the head turns," from base
*kwel- "move round, turn about" (see cycle).
White collar is first attested 1919;
blue-collar from 1951. Verb meaning "to capture" is attested from 1613.
2. From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet. See: French '
collier'.
Sample Sentences
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Collar and leash aggressive dogs.
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(Follow me, don't follow me.) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush.
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(Collar me, don't collar me.) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush. [1988 November 8, R.E.M., “Orange Crush”, in Green:]
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"Ho, aboard the Salt Junk Sarah,
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Rollin" home across the line,
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The Bo'sun collared the Captain's hat
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And threw it in the brine. [1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 52:]
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Britain’s police are especially zealous. Officers spend thousands of hours sifting through potentially offensive posts and arrest 30 people a day. Among those collared were a man who ranted about immigration on Facebook and a couple who criticised their daughter’s primary school. [2025 May 15, “Europe’s free-speech problem”, in The Economist:]
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I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.
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They go in and lobby, collar the representatives and ask: are you for or against? [1981 December 19, Nancy Wechsler, Christine Delphy, “Politics In France”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 8:]