Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to joist
Participle: joisted
Gerund: joisting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | joist |
| you | joist |
| he;she;it | joists |
| we | joist |
| you | joist |
| they | joist |
Perfect
| I | have joisted |
| you | have joisted |
| he;she;it | has joisted |
| we | have joisted |
| you | have joisted |
| they | have joisted |
Past
| I | joisted |
| you | joisted |
| he;she;it | joisted |
| we | joisted |
| you | joisted |
| they | joisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had joisted |
| you | had joisted |
| he;she;it | had joisted |
| we | had joisted |
| you | had joisted |
| they | had joisted |
Future
| I | will joist |
| you | will joist |
| he;she;it | will joist |
| we | will joist |
| you | will joist |
| they | will joist |
Future Perfect
| I | will have joisted |
| you | will have joisted |
| he;she;it | will have joisted |
| we | will have joisted |
| you | will have joisted |
| they | will have joisted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | joist |
| you | joist |
| he;she;it | joist |
| we | joist |
| you | joist |
| they | joist |
Perfect
| I | have joisted |
| you | have joisted |
| he;she;it | have joisted |
| we | have joisted |
| you | have joisted |
| they | have joisted |
Imperfect
| I | joisted |
| you | joisted |
| he;she;it | joisted |
| we | joisted |
| you | joisted |
| they | joisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had joisted |
| you | had joisted |
| he;she;it | had joisted |
| we | had joisted |
| you | had joisted |
| they | had joisted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would joist |
| you | would joist |
| he;she;it | would joist |
| we | would joist |
| you | would joist |
| they | would joist |
Perfect
| I | would have joisted |
| you | would have joisted |
| he;she;it | would have joisted |
| we | would have joisted |
| you | would have joisted |
| they | would have joisted |
Imperative
| you | joist |
| we | Let's joist |
| you | joist |
Verbs conjugated like 'joist'
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 'joist'
foist,
hoist,
joint,
joust,
moist,
roist,
agist,
boast,
boost,
bost,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1375 (attested from 1294 in Anglo-L.), from O.Fr. giste "beam supporting a bridge" (Mod.Fr. gîte), noun use of fem. pp. of gesir "to lie," from L. jacere "to lie, rest," related to jacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Notion is of wooden beam on which boards "lie down."
2. From Old French giste, feminine of gist, the past participle of gesir (“to lie down”).
Sample Sentences
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The floors are joisted with sapling tree trunks, and the flooring itself is made of bark, split and pounded flat into strips. No attempt is made either to fasten or join the strips of flooring. [2001, David Pickell, Between the Tides: A Fascinating Journey Among the Kamoro of New Guinea, revised edition, Hong Kong: Periplus, published 2002, Chapter Four, page 112:]