short-tack – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of short-tack

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to short-tack
Participle: short-tacked
Gerund: short-tacking

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ishort-tack
youshort-tack
he;she;itshort-tacks
weshort-tack
youshort-tack
theyshort-tack

Perfect

Ihave short-tacked
youhave short-tacked
he;she;ithas short-tacked
wehave short-tacked
youhave short-tacked
theyhave short-tacked

Past

Ishort-tacked
youshort-tacked
he;she;itshort-tacked
weshort-tacked
youshort-tacked
theyshort-tacked

Pluperfect

Ihad short-tacked
youhad short-tacked
he;she;ithad short-tacked
wehad short-tacked
youhad short-tacked
theyhad short-tacked

Future

Iwill short-tack
youwill short-tack
he;she;itwill short-tack
wewill short-tack
youwill short-tack
theywill short-tack

Future Perfect

Iwill have short-tacked
youwill have short-tacked
he;she;itwill have short-tacked
wewill have short-tacked
youwill have short-tacked
theywill have short-tacked

Subjunctive

Present

Ishort-tack
youshort-tack
he;she;itshort-tack
weshort-tack
youshort-tack
theyshort-tack

Perfect

Ihave short-tacked
youhave short-tacked
he;she;ithave short-tacked
wehave short-tacked
youhave short-tacked
theyhave short-tacked

Imperfect

Ishort-tacked
youshort-tacked
he;she;itshort-tacked
weshort-tacked
youshort-tacked
theyshort-tacked

Pluperfect

Ihad short-tacked
youhad short-tacked
he;she;ithad short-tacked
wehad short-tacked
youhad short-tacked
theyhad short-tacked

Conditional

Present

Iwould short-tack
youwould short-tack
he;she;itwould short-tack
wewould short-tack
youwould short-tack
theywould short-tack

Perfect

Iwould have short-tacked
youwould have short-tacked
he;she;itwould have short-tacked
wewould have short-tacked
youwould have short-tacked
theywould have short-tacked

Imperative

youshort-tack
weLet's short-tack
youshort-tack

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam short-tacking
youare short-tacking
he;she;itis short-tacking
weare short-tacking
youare short-tacking
theyare short-tacking

Perfect

Ihave been short-tacking
youhave been short-tacking
he;she;ithas been short-tacking
wehave been short-tacking
youhave been short-tacking
theyhave been short-tacking

Past

Iwas short-tacking
youwere short-tacking
he;she;itwas short-tacking
wewere short-tacking
youwere short-tacking
theywere short-tacking

Pluperfect

Ihad been short-tacking
youhad been short-tacking
he;she;ithad been short-tacking
wehad been short-tacking
youhad been short-tacking
theyhad been short-tacking

Future

Iwill be short-tacking
youwill be short-tacking
he;she;itwill be short-tacking
wewill be short-tacking
youwill be short-tacking
theywill be short-tacking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been short-tacking
youwill have been short-tacking
he;she;itwill have been short-tacking
wewill have been short-tacking
youwill have been short-tacking
theywill have been short-tacking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be short-tacking
youwould be short-tacking
he;she;itwould be short-tacking
wewould be short-tacking
youwould be short-tacking
theywould be short-tacking

Perfect

Iwould have been short-tacking
youwould have been short-tacking
he;she;itwould have been short-tacking
wewould have been short-tacking
youwould have been short-tacking
theywould have been short-tacking

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'short-tack'

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)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

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Etymology

Sample Sentences

  • I started short-tacking every hour down the coast, heading further offshore, as I knew I'd find better wind there. [2010, Mike Perham, Sailing the Dream, page 143:]