limb – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of limb

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to limb
Participle: limbed
Gerund: limbing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ilimb
youlimb
he;she;itlimbs
welimb
youlimb
theylimb

Perfect

Ihave limbed
youhave limbed
he;she;ithas limbed
wehave limbed
youhave limbed
theyhave limbed

Past

Ilimbed
youlimbed
he;she;itlimbed
welimbed
youlimbed
theylimbed

Pluperfect

Ihad limbed
youhad limbed
he;she;ithad limbed
wehad limbed
youhad limbed
theyhad limbed

Future

Iwill limb
youwill limb
he;she;itwill limb
wewill limb
youwill limb
theywill limb

Future Perfect

Iwill have limbed
youwill have limbed
he;she;itwill have limbed
wewill have limbed
youwill have limbed
theywill have limbed

Subjunctive

Present

Ilimb
youlimb
he;she;itlimb
welimb
youlimb
theylimb

Perfect

Ihave limbed
youhave limbed
he;she;ithave limbed
wehave limbed
youhave limbed
theyhave limbed

Imperfect

Ilimbed
youlimbed
he;she;itlimbed
welimbed
youlimbed
theylimbed

Pluperfect

Ihad limbed
youhad limbed
he;she;ithad limbed
wehad limbed
youhad limbed
theyhad limbed

Conditional

Present

Iwould limb
youwould limb
he;she;itwould limb
wewould limb
youwould limb
theywould limb

Perfect

Iwould have limbed
youwould have limbed
he;she;itwould have limbed
wewould have limbed
youwould have limbed
theywould have limbed

Imperative

youlimb
weLet's limb
youlimb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam limbing
youare limbing
he;she;itis limbing
weare limbing
youare limbing
theyare limbing

Perfect

Ihave been limbing
youhave been limbing
he;she;ithas been limbing
wehave been limbing
youhave been limbing
theyhave been limbing

Past

Iwas limbing
youwere limbing
he;she;itwas limbing
wewere limbing
youwere limbing
theywere limbing

Pluperfect

Ihad been limbing
youhad been limbing
he;she;ithad been limbing
wehad been limbing
youhad been limbing
theyhad been limbing

Future

Iwill be limbing
youwill be limbing
he;she;itwill be limbing
wewill be limbing
youwill be limbing
theywill be limbing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been limbing
youwill have been limbing
he;she;itwill have been limbing
wewill have been limbing
youwill have been limbing
theywill have been limbing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be limbing
youwould be limbing
he;she;itwould be limbing
wewould be limbing
youwould be limbing
theywould be limbing

Perfect

Iwould have been limbing
youwould have been limbing
he;she;itwould have been limbing
wewould have been limbing
youwould have been limbing
theywould have been limbing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'limb'

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 'limb'

climb, lamb, lib, limbo, lime, limn, limp, aim, belimb, bib,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. lim "limb, joint, main branch of a tree," from P.Gmc. *limu- (cf. O.N. limr "limb," lim "small branch of a tree"), a variant of *liþu- (cf. O.E. liþ, O.Fris. lith, O.N. liðr, Goth. liþus "a limb;" with prefix ga-, source of Ger. glied "limb, member"), from PIE base *lei- "to bend, be movable, be nimble." The parasitic -b began to appear late 1500s for no reason. In O.E., M.E., and until lately in dial., it could mean "any visible body part."
"The lymmes of generacion were shewed manyfestly." [Caxton, "The subtyl historyes and fables of Esope, Auyan, Alfonce, and Poge," 1484]
Hence, limb-lifter "fornicator" (1579). To go out on a limb in figurative sense is from 1897. Life and limb in ref. to the body inclusively is from c.1205.
2. From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”).
3. The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.

Sample Sentences

  • “ What are you doing there, you limb ? You 've been stealing something, I'll be bound, ” said the imperious little Rosa, who had been sent to call her, seizing her, at the same time, roughly by the arm. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)