Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nub
Participle: nubbed
Gerund: nubbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | nub |
| you | nub |
| he;she;it | nubs |
| we | nub |
| you | nub |
| they | nub |
Perfect
| I | have nubbed |
| you | have nubbed |
| he;she;it | has nubbed |
| we | have nubbed |
| you | have nubbed |
| they | have nubbed |
Past
| I | nubbed |
| you | nubbed |
| he;she;it | nubbed |
| we | nubbed |
| you | nubbed |
| they | nubbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had nubbed |
| you | had nubbed |
| he;she;it | had nubbed |
| we | had nubbed |
| you | had nubbed |
| they | had nubbed |
Future
| I | will nub |
| you | will nub |
| he;she;it | will nub |
| we | will nub |
| you | will nub |
| they | will nub |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nubbed |
| you | will have nubbed |
| he;she;it | will have nubbed |
| we | will have nubbed |
| you | will have nubbed |
| they | will have nubbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nub |
| you | nub |
| he;she;it | nub |
| we | nub |
| you | nub |
| they | nub |
Perfect
| I | have nubbed |
| you | have nubbed |
| he;she;it | have nubbed |
| we | have nubbed |
| you | have nubbed |
| they | have nubbed |
Imperfect
| I | nubbed |
| you | nubbed |
| he;she;it | nubbed |
| we | nubbed |
| you | nubbed |
| they | nubbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had nubbed |
| you | had nubbed |
| he;she;it | had nubbed |
| we | had nubbed |
| you | had nubbed |
| they | had nubbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nub |
| you | would nub |
| he;she;it | would nub |
| we | would nub |
| you | would nub |
| they | would nub |
Perfect
| I | would have nubbed |
| you | would have nubbed |
| he;she;it | would have nubbed |
| we | would have nubbed |
| you | would have nubbed |
| they | would have nubbed |
Imperative
| you | nub |
| we | Let's nub |
| you | nub |
Verbs conjugated like 'nub'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nub'
bub,
cub,
dub,
fub,
gub,
nab,
nib,
nob,
numb,
nut,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
Sample Sentences
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In Shall we Shog?, Globe artistic director Mark Rylance hilariously found himself having to nub the Quarto version of Hamlet's speech to the players. [2009, David Crystal, Walking English, Overlook Press, page 184:]