Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cwtch
Participle: cwtched
Gerund: cwtching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cwtch |
| you | cwtch |
| he;she;it | cwtches |
| we | cwtch |
| you | cwtch |
| they | cwtch |
Perfect
| I | have cwtched |
| you | have cwtched |
| he;she;it | has cwtched |
| we | have cwtched |
| you | have cwtched |
| they | have cwtched |
Past
| I | cwtched |
| you | cwtched |
| he;she;it | cwtched |
| we | cwtched |
| you | cwtched |
| they | cwtched |
Pluperfect
| I | had cwtched |
| you | had cwtched |
| he;she;it | had cwtched |
| we | had cwtched |
| you | had cwtched |
| they | had cwtched |
Future
| I | will cwtch |
| you | will cwtch |
| he;she;it | will cwtch |
| we | will cwtch |
| you | will cwtch |
| they | will cwtch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cwtched |
| you | will have cwtched |
| he;she;it | will have cwtched |
| we | will have cwtched |
| you | will have cwtched |
| they | will have cwtched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cwtch |
| you | cwtch |
| he;she;it | cwtch |
| we | cwtch |
| you | cwtch |
| they | cwtch |
Perfect
| I | have cwtched |
| you | have cwtched |
| he;she;it | have cwtched |
| we | have cwtched |
| you | have cwtched |
| they | have cwtched |
Imperfect
| I | cwtched |
| you | cwtched |
| he;she;it | cwtched |
| we | cwtched |
| you | cwtched |
| they | cwtched |
Pluperfect
| I | had cwtched |
| you | had cwtched |
| he;she;it | had cwtched |
| we | had cwtched |
| you | had cwtched |
| they | had cwtched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cwtch |
| you | would cwtch |
| he;she;it | would cwtch |
| we | would cwtch |
| you | would cwtch |
| they | would cwtch |
Perfect
| I | would have cwtched |
| you | would have cwtched |
| he;she;it | would have cwtched |
| we | would have cwtched |
| you | would have cwtched |
| they | would have cwtched |
Imperative
| you | cwtch |
| we | Let's cwtch |
| you | cwtch |
Verbs conjugated like 'cwtch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cwtch'
catch,
cotch,
batch,
bitch,
botch,
cath,
cinch,
clatch,
clitch,
clutch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to clasp in the arms with affection
- accoll, amplect, beclip, clip, coll, complect, comply, embrace, enfold, enhalse, fall on someone's neck, fathom, glomp, halse, hug, infold, oxter, press, squeeze, umbeclap
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Welsh cwtsio, from cwtsh + -o (suffix forming verbnouns). See: Welsh '
cwtsio'.
Sample Sentences
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A family are about to have a meal round the kitchen table, so the dog is told to go and “cwtch” in the corner, out of harm’s way. [2014, Alan Meats, “Toffee Dabs and Doughboys”, in Valley Boy Goes West: Memoirs of a Parish Priest, Guildford, Surrey: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited, →ISBN, pages 1–2:]