Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spall
Participle: spalled
Gerund: spalling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spall |
| you | spall |
| he;she;it | spalls |
| we | spall |
| you | spall |
| they | spall |
Perfect
| I | have spalled |
| you | have spalled |
| he;she;it | has spalled |
| we | have spalled |
| you | have spalled |
| they | have spalled |
Past
| I | spalled |
| you | spalled |
| he;she;it | spalled |
| we | spalled |
| you | spalled |
| they | spalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had spalled |
| you | had spalled |
| he;she;it | had spalled |
| we | had spalled |
| you | had spalled |
| they | had spalled |
Future
| I | will spall |
| you | will spall |
| he;she;it | will spall |
| we | will spall |
| you | will spall |
| they | will spall |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spalled |
| you | will have spalled |
| he;she;it | will have spalled |
| we | will have spalled |
| you | will have spalled |
| they | will have spalled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spall |
| you | spall |
| he;she;it | spall |
| we | spall |
| you | spall |
| they | spall |
Perfect
| I | have spalled |
| you | have spalled |
| he;she;it | have spalled |
| we | have spalled |
| you | have spalled |
| they | have spalled |
Imperfect
| I | spalled |
| you | spalled |
| he;she;it | spalled |
| we | spalled |
| you | spalled |
| they | spalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had spalled |
| you | had spalled |
| he;she;it | had spalled |
| we | had spalled |
| you | had spalled |
| they | had spalled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spall |
| you | would spall |
| he;she;it | would spall |
| we | would spall |
| you | would spall |
| they | would spall |
Perfect
| I | would have spalled |
| you | would have spalled |
| he;she;it | would have spalled |
| we | would have spalled |
| you | would have spalled |
| they | would have spalled |
Imperative
| you | spall |
| we | Let's spall |
| you | spall |
Verbs conjugated like 'spall'
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 'spall'
pall,
shall,
skall,
small,
spald,
spalt,
spawl,
spell,
spill,
stall,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spalle (“a chip”) (first documented in 1440), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Middle English verb spald (“to split”) (c.1400), from Middle Low German spalden, cognate with Old High German spaltan (“to split”). See: Old High German 'spaltan'.
Sample Sentences
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Cobbed Ore is the ſpalled which is broke out of the ſolid large ſtones with ſledges [1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […] :]
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Drones will give an idea of the worst bits, but if it's lightly spalled then I don't know if they will necessarily see that. [2021 May 5, Paul Stephen, “Restoring the glory of Ribblehead”, in RAIL, number 930, page 39:]
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When the bearing race spalled under high load, it led to the failure of the bearing.
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Once the concrete had spalled extensively, the bridge could no longer pass an honest inspection.
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I know it’s fun to go to a foreign city, look around at the buildings, and make grand sweeping judgements about the relative strength of civilizations over the next thousand years. But next time you find yourself gaping at a sparkling new high-rise in Shenzhen or Chongqing or Dubai, remind yourself: “This too shall spall.” [2025 May 6, Noah Smith, “Thoughts on Sinofuturism: What does it mean for China to be "the future"? And what does that future look like?”, in Noahpinion:]