Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ferrule
Participle: ferruled
Gerund: ferruling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ferrule |
| you | ferrule |
| he;she;it | ferrules |
| we | ferrule |
| you | ferrule |
| they | ferrule |
Perfect
| I | have ferruled |
| you | have ferruled |
| he;she;it | has ferruled |
| we | have ferruled |
| you | have ferruled |
| they | have ferruled |
Past
| I | ferruled |
| you | ferruled |
| he;she;it | ferruled |
| we | ferruled |
| you | ferruled |
| they | ferruled |
Pluperfect
| I | had ferruled |
| you | had ferruled |
| he;she;it | had ferruled |
| we | had ferruled |
| you | had ferruled |
| they | had ferruled |
Future
| I | will ferrule |
| you | will ferrule |
| he;she;it | will ferrule |
| we | will ferrule |
| you | will ferrule |
| they | will ferrule |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ferruled |
| you | will have ferruled |
| he;she;it | will have ferruled |
| we | will have ferruled |
| you | will have ferruled |
| they | will have ferruled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ferrule |
| you | ferrule |
| he;she;it | ferrule |
| we | ferrule |
| you | ferrule |
| they | ferrule |
Perfect
| I | have ferruled |
| you | have ferruled |
| he;she;it | have ferruled |
| we | have ferruled |
| you | have ferruled |
| they | have ferruled |
Imperfect
| I | ferruled |
| you | ferruled |
| he;she;it | ferruled |
| we | ferruled |
| you | ferruled |
| they | ferruled |
Pluperfect
| I | had ferruled |
| you | had ferruled |
| he;she;it | had ferruled |
| we | had ferruled |
| you | had ferruled |
| they | had ferruled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ferrule |
| you | would ferrule |
| he;she;it | would ferrule |
| we | would ferrule |
| you | would ferrule |
| they | would ferrule |
Perfect
| I | would have ferruled |
| you | would have ferruled |
| he;she;it | would have ferruled |
| we | would have ferruled |
| you | would have ferruled |
| they | would have ferruled |
Imperative
| you | ferrule |
| we | Let's ferrule |
| you | ferrule |
Verbs conjugated like 'ferrule'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ferrule'
ferule,
forerule,
overrule,
detrude,
emule,
feague,
feare,
feature,
februate,
feddle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), altered under the influence of Latin ferrum (“iron”), from Old French virole (“ferrule”), from Latin viriola (“little bracelet”), diminutive of viria (“bracelet worn by men”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”) (compare Middle Irish fiar (“bent, crooked”), Welsh gŵyr, Breton gwar (“curved”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁ros (“threaded, turned, twisted”), from *weyh₁- (“to turn, twist, weave”).
Sample Sentences
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"District school, I mean," said Dave, with a flourish of the hand. "Where the master or mistress boards about, and ferrules the children with a pine ruler, if they don't toe a crack every spelling time." [[1866, Ann S[ophia] Stephens, “The Sailor and His Two Companions”, in The Gold Brick, Philadelphia, Pa.: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 203:]
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The return of the Thunderer from her protracted steam trial to Madeira has removed all doubt with regard to the efficacy of the new patent ferrule, as applied to boiler tubes. […] In fact, the highly successful results of the trial will, no doubt, lead to the universal practice of ferruling the boiler tubes in all our war vessels fitted with forced draft. [1892 November, “Ships”, in Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, volume IV, number 4, Washington, D.C.: R. Beresford, printer, →OCLC, page 837:]
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I employed a practical boiler smith, who expanded and ferruled the tubes. [1902, The English Mechanic and World of Science, volume 74, London: E. J. Kibblewhite, →OCLC, page 42:]
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Once inside the shop he took the line and cut the bad end off and with that done, he attempted to ferrule the cut end. [2011, Jerry Aaron, “The Fork in the Road”, in Diesel Smoke over Asphalt Ribbons: Dreams in the Rearview Mirror, Sparks, Nev.: Jerry Aaron, →ISBN, page 130, column 1:]