Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flemish
Participle: flemished
Gerund: flemishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flemish |
| you | flemish |
| he;she;it | flemishes |
| we | flemish |
| you | flemish |
| they | flemish |
Perfect
| I | have flemished |
| you | have flemished |
| he;she;it | has flemished |
| we | have flemished |
| you | have flemished |
| they | have flemished |
Past
| I | flemished |
| you | flemished |
| he;she;it | flemished |
| we | flemished |
| you | flemished |
| they | flemished |
Pluperfect
| I | had flemished |
| you | had flemished |
| he;she;it | had flemished |
| we | had flemished |
| you | had flemished |
| they | had flemished |
Future
| I | will flemish |
| you | will flemish |
| he;she;it | will flemish |
| we | will flemish |
| you | will flemish |
| they | will flemish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flemished |
| you | will have flemished |
| he;she;it | will have flemished |
| we | will have flemished |
| you | will have flemished |
| they | will have flemished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flemish |
| you | flemish |
| he;she;it | flemish |
| we | flemish |
| you | flemish |
| they | flemish |
Perfect
| I | have flemished |
| you | have flemished |
| he;she;it | have flemished |
| we | have flemished |
| you | have flemished |
| they | have flemished |
Imperfect
| I | flemished |
| you | flemished |
| he;she;it | flemished |
| we | flemished |
| you | flemished |
| they | flemished |
Pluperfect
| I | had flemished |
| you | had flemished |
| he;she;it | had flemished |
| we | had flemished |
| you | had flemished |
| they | had flemished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flemish |
| you | would flemish |
| he;she;it | would flemish |
| we | would flemish |
| you | would flemish |
| they | would flemish |
Perfect
| I | would have flemished |
| you | would have flemished |
| he;she;it | would have flemished |
| we | would have flemished |
| you | would have flemished |
| they | would have flemished |
Imperative
| you | flemish |
| we | Let's flemish |
| you | flemish |
Verbs conjugated like 'flemish'
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 'flemish'
blemish,
fremish,
famish,
flesh,
plenish,
affamish,
bemist,
bewish,
blesh,
cherish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is an ellipsis of Flemish coil, so called because the technique of coiling rope in this manner began with sailors from Flanders.
2. The verb is from Flemish (“of or relating to Flanders”, adjective), from Flemish coil.
Sample Sentences
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In about twenty minutes, after the messenger had been stowed away, the cables coiled in the tiers, and the ropes flemished down on deck, the captain made his appearance, and directed the first-lieutenant to send aft the newly impressed men. [1832, [Frederick Marryat], chapter XI, in Newton Forster; or, The Merchant Service. […], volume I, London: James Cochrane and Co., […], →OCLC, page 138:]
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When great neatness is desired a line is flemished down. Successive circles of the line are wrapped about each other with the free end at the center. When it is finished it looks like a mat and with an old piece of line can be used as one. […] If a line is flemished down and left on a deck for some time it will mark the deck as well as remain wet on the under side, and therefore deteriorate. On small boats lines are usually either coiled down or flemished down. [1943 November, “More on Marlinespike”, in Charles F[rederic] Chapman, editor, Motor Boating: The Yachtsman’s Magazine, volume 72, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Magazines, →OCLC, page 32, column 2:]
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The two Swedish sailors on deck, lounging and spitting into the water, seemed not to have been kept up to their duties, for paint work and bright work were far from brilliant, and the ropes were badly pointed and flemished. [1964, Catherine [Irvine] Gavin, “The Molly-O”, in The Fortress, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 26:]