scrounge – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of scrounge

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to scrounge
Participle: scrounged
Gerund: scrounging

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iscrounge
youscrounge
he;she;itscrounges
wescrounge
youscrounge
theyscrounge

Perfect

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

Past

Iscrounged
youscrounged
he;she;itscrounged
wescrounged
youscrounged
theyscrounged

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iscrounge
youscrounge
he;she;itscrounge
wescrounge
youscrounge
theyscrounge

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iscrounged
youscrounged
he;she;itscrounged
wescrounged
youscrounged
theyscrounged

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youscrounge
weLet's scrounge
youscrounge

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'scrounge'

scrouge, scourge, scringe, scrooge, scrowdge, scrudge, chaunge, couage, cringe, drouge,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

obtain from another
leech, sponge, wheedle

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe ("to pry about"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge ("push, jostle") (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.

Sample Sentences

  • scrounge for food
  • Now you don't seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal. [1965, Bob Dylan, “Like a Rolling Stone”:]
  • Laura snatches coins from inside a truck to make a telephone call, scrounges shoes and clothes for them at a municipal beach, schemes to get a room key so she and Howie can sleep overnight in the Starlight Motel, steals a Jeepster from a deputy sheriff who's trying to arrest them. [1987 November 8, Ron Hansen, “CHILDREN'S BOOKS; DISCOVERING THE OPPOSITE SEX”, in The New York Times:]
  • For example, the PC may have been caught slipping unobtrusively into a restaurant or pub on his ground to scrounge […] a drink or a meal. [1995, Verbatim, volume 22, number 3, page 13:]
  • The booty bandits, who craved sex with the weaker inmates, and the merchants, rich with scrounged or stolen items who kept safe through an uncanny craft to barter anything, followed. [2000, Rob Taft, Leaders of the City, page 23:]
  • When I was a young soldier, and had not yet acquired the tobacco vice (which began with scrounging cigarettes at routemarch halts when everyone else lit up and I felt left out) I used to win cross-country races. [2009, George MacDonald Fraser, The Complete McAuslan, →ISBN:]
  • As long as he's got someone who'll let him scrounge off them, he'll never settle down and get a full-time job.