Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dart
Participle: darted
Gerund: darting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | dart |
| you | dart |
| he;she;it | darts |
| we | dart |
| you | dart |
| they | dart |
Perfect
| I | have darted |
| you | have darted |
| he;she;it | has darted |
| we | have darted |
| you | have darted |
| they | have darted |
Past
| I | darted |
| you | darted |
| he;she;it | darted |
| we | darted |
| you | darted |
| they | darted |
Pluperfect
| I | had darted |
| you | had darted |
| he;she;it | had darted |
| we | had darted |
| you | had darted |
| they | had darted |
Future
| I | will dart |
| you | will dart |
| he;she;it | will dart |
| we | will dart |
| you | will dart |
| they | will dart |
Future Perfect
| I | will have darted |
| you | will have darted |
| he;she;it | will have darted |
| we | will have darted |
| you | will have darted |
| they | will have darted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dart |
| you | dart |
| he;she;it | dart |
| we | dart |
| you | dart |
| they | dart |
Perfect
| I | have darted |
| you | have darted |
| he;she;it | have darted |
| we | have darted |
| you | have darted |
| they | have darted |
Imperfect
| I | darted |
| you | darted |
| he;she;it | darted |
| we | darted |
| you | darted |
| they | darted |
Pluperfect
| I | had darted |
| you | had darted |
| he;she;it | had darted |
| we | had darted |
| you | had darted |
| they | had darted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dart |
| you | would dart |
| he;she;it | would dart |
| we | would dart |
| you | would dart |
| they | would dart |
Perfect
| I | would have darted |
| you | would have darted |
| he;she;it | would have darted |
| we | would have darted |
| you | would have darted |
| they | would have darted |
Imperative
| you | dart |
| we | Let's dart |
| you | dart |
Verbs conjugated like 'dart'
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 'dart'
cart,
dare,
dark,
darn,
dawt,
dirt,
dort,
fart,
kart,
mart,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- shoot
- flit, bolt, speed, dash, plunge, fly, launch, rush
- hasten
- course, speed, rush
Antonyms
- hasten
- linger, dawdle, delay, drag
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1314, from O.Fr.
dart, from P.Gmc.
*darothuz, source of O.E.
daroð. Verb meaning "to move like a dart" is attested from 1619.
2. From Middle English darten, from the noun (see above). See: Middle English '
darten'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] a heavy sea strikes her with the noise of a hundred great guns, and hurls her back—that she stops, and staggers, and shivers, as though stunned, and then, with a violent throbbing at her heart, darts onward like a monster goaded into madness, to be beaten down, and battered, and crushed, and leaped on by the angry sea—that thunder, lightning, hail, and rain, and wind, are all in fierce [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] bright and gay and fresh to our unused eyes than words can paint them. We came to a wharf, paved with uplifted faces; got alongside, and were made fast, after some shouting and straining of cables; darted, a score of us along the gangway, almost as soon as it was thrust out to meet us, and before it had reached the ship—and leaped upon the firm glad earth again !
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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As the boat stopped, a black woman came running wildly up the plank, darted into the crowd, flew up to where the slave gang sat, and threw her arms round that unfortunate piece of merchandise before enumerate—“John, aged thirty, ” and with sobs and tears bemoaned him as her [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the coach on either side, and obliged us all to keep our heads within. It lightened too, for three whole hours; each flash being very bright, and blue, and long; and as the vivid streaks came darting in among the crowded branches, and the thunder rolled gloomily above the tree tops, one could scarcely help thinking that there were better neighbourhoods at such a time than thick woods afforded.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the state of the wind, as on the long-looked-for morning of Tuesday the Seventh of June. Some nautical authority had told me a day or two previous, ‘anything with west in it, will do; ’ so when I darted out of bed at daylight, and throwing up the window, was saluted by a lively breeze from the north-west which had sprung up in the night, it came upon me so freshly, rustling with so many happy [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)