Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to heel
Participle: heeled
Gerund: heeling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | heel |
| you | heel |
| he;she;it | heels |
| we | heel |
| you | heel |
| they | heel |
Perfect
| I | have heeled |
| you | have heeled |
| he;she;it | has heeled |
| we | have heeled |
| you | have heeled |
| they | have heeled |
Past
| I | heeled |
| you | heeled |
| he;she;it | heeled |
| we | heeled |
| you | heeled |
| they | heeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had heeled |
| you | had heeled |
| he;she;it | had heeled |
| we | had heeled |
| you | had heeled |
| they | had heeled |
Future
| I | will heel |
| you | will heel |
| he;she;it | will heel |
| we | will heel |
| you | will heel |
| they | will heel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have heeled |
| you | will have heeled |
| he;she;it | will have heeled |
| we | will have heeled |
| you | will have heeled |
| they | will have heeled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | heel |
| you | heel |
| he;she;it | heel |
| we | heel |
| you | heel |
| they | heel |
Perfect
| I | have heeled |
| you | have heeled |
| he;she;it | have heeled |
| we | have heeled |
| you | have heeled |
| they | have heeled |
Imperfect
| I | heeled |
| you | heeled |
| he;she;it | heeled |
| we | heeled |
| you | heeled |
| they | heeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had heeled |
| you | had heeled |
| he;she;it | had heeled |
| we | had heeled |
| you | had heeled |
| they | had heeled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would heel |
| you | would heel |
| he;she;it | would heel |
| we | would heel |
| you | would heel |
| they | would heel |
Perfect
| I | would have heeled |
| you | would have heeled |
| he;she;it | would have heeled |
| we | would have heeled |
| you | would have heeled |
| they | would have heeled |
Imperative
| you | heel |
| we | Let's heel |
| you | heel |
Verbs conjugated like 'heel'
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 'heel'
eel,
feel,
heal,
heed,
heeld,
heil,
hell,
keel,
peel,
reel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel, hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.
2. Compare North Frisian haiel, West Frisian hyl, Dutch hiel, German Low German Hiel, Danish and Norwegian hæl, Swedish häl.
Sample Sentences
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[...] were, in volunteering to go ashore in this same boat: for the general good, of course: not by any means because they thought the ship in an unsafe position, or contemplated the possibility of her heeling over in case the tide were running out. Nor was it less amusing to remark how desperately unpopular the poor pilot became in one short minute. He had had his passage out from Liverpool, and during [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)