Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to truss
Participle: trussed
Gerund: trussing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | truss |
| you | truss |
| he;she;it | trusses |
| we | truss |
| you | truss |
| they | truss |
Perfect
| I | have trussed |
| you | have trussed |
| he;she;it | has trussed |
| we | have trussed |
| you | have trussed |
| they | have trussed |
Past
| I | trussed |
| you | trussed |
| he;she;it | trussed |
| we | trussed |
| you | trussed |
| they | trussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had trussed |
| you | had trussed |
| he;she;it | had trussed |
| we | had trussed |
| you | had trussed |
| they | had trussed |
Future
| I | will truss |
| you | will truss |
| he;she;it | will truss |
| we | will truss |
| you | will truss |
| they | will truss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have trussed |
| you | will have trussed |
| he;she;it | will have trussed |
| we | will have trussed |
| you | will have trussed |
| they | will have trussed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | truss |
| you | truss |
| he;she;it | truss |
| we | truss |
| you | truss |
| they | truss |
Perfect
| I | have trussed |
| you | have trussed |
| he;she;it | have trussed |
| we | have trussed |
| you | have trussed |
| they | have trussed |
Imperfect
| I | trussed |
| you | trussed |
| he;she;it | trussed |
| we | trussed |
| you | trussed |
| they | trussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had trussed |
| you | had trussed |
| he;she;it | had trussed |
| we | had trussed |
| you | had trussed |
| they | had trussed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would truss |
| you | would truss |
| he;she;it | would truss |
| we | would truss |
| you | would truss |
| they | would truss |
Perfect
| I | would have trussed |
| you | would have trussed |
| he;she;it | would have trussed |
| we | would have trussed |
| you | would have trussed |
| they | would have trussed |
Imperative
| you | truss |
| we | Let's truss |
| you | truss |
Verbs conjugated like 'truss'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'truss'
tress,
trust,
brass,
brush,
buss,
cross,
crush,
crust,
cuss,
dress,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1200, "collection of things bound together," from O.Fr.
trousse, torse, of unknown origin, perhaps from V.L.
*torciare "to twist." Meaning "surgical appliance to support a rupture, etc." first attested 1543. Sense of "framework for supporting a roof or bridge" is first recorded 1654. The verb is attested from c.1225, from O.Fr.
trusser "to load, pack, fasten" (11c.).
2. From Middle English trussen, from Old French trousser. See: Middle English '
trussen'.
Verbs referencing "truss"
Scots Gaelic
trus.
Sample Sentences
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Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […] [1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 76, verso:]
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who trussing me as eagle doth his prey [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18:]
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If they must truss me, I will repent of nothing [1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC:]