Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pinwheel
Participle: pinwheeled
Gerund: pinwheeling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pinwheel |
| you | pinwheel |
| he;she;it | pinwheels |
| we | pinwheel |
| you | pinwheel |
| they | pinwheel |
Perfect
| I | have pinwheeled |
| you | have pinwheeled |
| he;she;it | has pinwheeled |
| we | have pinwheeled |
| you | have pinwheeled |
| they | have pinwheeled |
Past
| I | pinwheeled |
| you | pinwheeled |
| he;she;it | pinwheeled |
| we | pinwheeled |
| you | pinwheeled |
| they | pinwheeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pinwheeled |
| you | had pinwheeled |
| he;she;it | had pinwheeled |
| we | had pinwheeled |
| you | had pinwheeled |
| they | had pinwheeled |
Future
| I | will pinwheel |
| you | will pinwheel |
| he;she;it | will pinwheel |
| we | will pinwheel |
| you | will pinwheel |
| they | will pinwheel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pinwheeled |
| you | will have pinwheeled |
| he;she;it | will have pinwheeled |
| we | will have pinwheeled |
| you | will have pinwheeled |
| they | will have pinwheeled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pinwheel |
| you | pinwheel |
| he;she;it | pinwheel |
| we | pinwheel |
| you | pinwheel |
| they | pinwheel |
Perfect
| I | have pinwheeled |
| you | have pinwheeled |
| he;she;it | have pinwheeled |
| we | have pinwheeled |
| you | have pinwheeled |
| they | have pinwheeled |
Imperfect
| I | pinwheeled |
| you | pinwheeled |
| he;she;it | pinwheeled |
| we | pinwheeled |
| you | pinwheeled |
| they | pinwheeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pinwheeled |
| you | had pinwheeled |
| he;she;it | had pinwheeled |
| we | had pinwheeled |
| you | had pinwheeled |
| they | had pinwheeled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pinwheel |
| you | would pinwheel |
| he;she;it | would pinwheel |
| we | would pinwheel |
| you | would pinwheel |
| they | would pinwheel |
Perfect
| I | would have pinwheeled |
| you | would have pinwheeled |
| he;she;it | would have pinwheeled |
| we | would have pinwheeled |
| you | would have pinwheeled |
| they | would have pinwheeled |
Imperative
| you | pinwheel |
| we | Let's pinwheel |
| you | pinwheel |
Verbs conjugated like 'pinwheel'
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 'pinwheel'
inwheel,
enwheel,
inshell,
wheel,
backheel,
cartwheel,
dishevel,
encheer,
enseel,
enshell,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *pinnaz
3. Proto-West Germanic *pinn
4. Old English pinn
5. Middle English pinne
6. English pin
7. Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
8. Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
9. Proto-Germanic *hweulō
10. Old English hwēol
11. Middle English whel
12. English wheel
13. English pinwheel
14. From pin + wheel.
Sample Sentences
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The damaged fighter jet pinwheeled out of control, the g-forces pushing the pilot so hard he couldn't reach the ejection switch.
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Uncertainly, he stepped back, bumping into the short skirt of the seawall. He stumbled and pinwheeled his arms for balance. [2009, David Wren, The Repossession, page 226:]
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The laws of physics and chemistry transform a meadow of fine powder into a wreckage of icy chunks. Saugstad’s pinwheeling body would freeze into whatever position it was in the moment the snow stopped. [2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:]