Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cough
Participle: coughed
Gerund: coughing
Indicative
Present
| I | cough |
| you | cough |
| he;she;it | coughs |
| we | cough |
| you | cough |
| they | cough |
Perfect
| I | have coughed |
| you | have coughed |
| he;she;it | has coughed |
| we | have coughed |
| you | have coughed |
| they | have coughed |
Past
| I | coughed |
| you | coughed |
| he;she;it | coughed |
| we | coughed |
| you | coughed |
| they | coughed |
Pluperfect
| I | had coughed |
| you | had coughed |
| he;she;it | had coughed |
| we | had coughed |
| you | had coughed |
| they | had coughed |
Future
| I | will cough |
| you | will cough |
| he;she;it | will cough |
| we | will cough |
| you | will cough |
| they | will cough |
Future Perfect
| I | will have coughed |
| you | will have coughed |
| he;she;it | will have coughed |
| we | will have coughed |
| you | will have coughed |
| they | will have coughed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cough |
| you | cough |
| he;she;it | cough |
| we | cough |
| you | cough |
| they | cough |
Perfect
| I | have coughed |
| you | have coughed |
| he;she;it | have coughed |
| we | have coughed |
| you | have coughed |
| they | have coughed |
Imperfect
| I | coughed |
| you | coughed |
| he;she;it | coughed |
| we | coughed |
| you | coughed |
| they | coughed |
Pluperfect
| I | had coughed |
| you | had coughed |
| he;she;it | had coughed |
| we | had coughed |
| you | had coughed |
| they | had coughed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cough |
| you | would cough |
| he;she;it | would cough |
| we | would cough |
| you | would cough |
| they | would cough |
Perfect
| I | would have coughed |
| you | would have coughed |
| he;she;it | would have coughed |
| we | would have coughed |
| you | would have coughed |
| they | would have coughed |
Imperative
| you | cough |
| we | Let's cough |
| you | cough |
Verbs conjugated like 'cough'
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 'cough'
couch,
dough,
hough,
rough,
sough,
tough,
bouge,
chug,
coach,
coath,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. From Middle English coughen, coghen (“to cough; to vomit”) [and other forms], from Old English *cohhian (compare Old English cohhetan (“to bluster; to riot; to cough (?)”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kuh- (“to cough”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.
2. Cognates
3. * Middle Dutch cuchen (“to cough”) (modern Dutch kuchen (“to cough”); German Low German kuchen (“to cough”))
4. * Middle High German kûchen (“to breathe (on); to exhale”), kîchen (“to breathe with difficulty”) (modern German keichen, keuchen (“to breathe with difficulty; to gasp, pant”))
5. * Spanish cof (“coughing sound”)
6. * West Frisian kiche (“to cough”), kochelje (“to cough persistently”) See: Middle English '
coughen', Dutch '
kuchen', Middle High German '
kûchen', German, old spelling '
keichen'.
Verbs referencing "cough"
German, old spelling
keuchen, Dutch
kuchen, Luxembourgish
käichen.
Sample Sentences
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[...] his wife knew it, and, of course was making an assault on rather an indefensible point. So he had recourse to the usual means of gaining time for such cases made and provided; he said “ ahem, ” and coughed several times, took out his pocket-handkerchief, and began to wipe his glasses. Mrs. Bird, seeing the defenceless condition of the enemy's territory, had no more conscience than to push her [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I dare say _you_ do n't, ” said Marie; “ I was prepared to expect _that_. You can be alarmed enough, if Eva coughs, or has the least thing the matter with her; but you never think of me. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)