Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to birch
Participle: birched
Gerund: birching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | birch |
| you | birch |
| he;she;it | birches |
| we | birch |
| you | birch |
| they | birch |
Perfect
| I | have birched |
| you | have birched |
| he;she;it | has birched |
| we | have birched |
| you | have birched |
| they | have birched |
Past
| I | birched |
| you | birched |
| he;she;it | birched |
| we | birched |
| you | birched |
| they | birched |
Pluperfect
| I | had birched |
| you | had birched |
| he;she;it | had birched |
| we | had birched |
| you | had birched |
| they | had birched |
Future
| I | will birch |
| you | will birch |
| he;she;it | will birch |
| we | will birch |
| you | will birch |
| they | will birch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have birched |
| you | will have birched |
| he;she;it | will have birched |
| we | will have birched |
| you | will have birched |
| they | will have birched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | birch |
| you | birch |
| he;she;it | birch |
| we | birch |
| you | birch |
| they | birch |
Perfect
| I | have birched |
| you | have birched |
| he;she;it | have birched |
| we | have birched |
| you | have birched |
| they | have birched |
Imperfect
| I | birched |
| you | birched |
| he;she;it | birched |
| we | birched |
| you | birched |
| they | birched |
Pluperfect
| I | had birched |
| you | had birched |
| he;she;it | had birched |
| we | had birched |
| you | had birched |
| they | had birched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would birch |
| you | would birch |
| he;she;it | would birch |
| we | would birch |
| you | would birch |
| they | would birch |
Perfect
| I | would have birched |
| you | would have birched |
| he;she;it | would have birched |
| we | would have birched |
| you | would have birched |
| they | would have birched |
Imperative
| you | birch |
| we | Let's birch |
| you | birch |
Verbs conjugated like 'birch'
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 'birch'
birth,
bitch,
arch,
bach,
batch,
beach,
belch,
bench,
bergh,
berth,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. beorc, from P.Gmc. *berkjon (O.S. birka, O.N. börk, Sw. björk, Du. berk, Ger. Birke), from PIE *bhergo (cf. Ossetian barz, O.C.S. breza, Lith. berzas, Skt. bhurjah, L. farnus, fraxinus "mountain ash"), from base *bhereg- "to gleam, white." Meaning "bunch of birch twigs used for flogging" (1648) led to verb meaning "to flog" (1830). Birch beer is 1883, Amer.Eng.
2. PIE word
3. *bʰerHǵós
4. From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos.
5. Cognates
6. Compare West Frisian bjirk, German Birke, variant of *berkō (compare Dutch berk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjørk), Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá), Lithuanian béržas, Czech bříza, Ossetian бӕрз (bærz), Russian берёза (berjóza)), Latin fraxinus (“ash tree, ash javelin”), Albanian bredh.
Sample Sentences
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That the morrow would see us arraigned 'fore the Head
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And probably birched with a willow [1902, M. M. Read, “The Midnight Feast”, in The Boy's Own Annual, volume 25, page 63:]
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[…] and was tied to a tree and soundly birched with a bundle of furze [2012, Charles J. Esdaile, Outpost of Empire: The Napoleonic Occupation of Andalucia, 1810–1812, page 319:]
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The Mexica were always washing, in water obtained through the aqueduct, or in the lake, and would often go to the popular baths in the numerous stone steam houses (where birching, with grasses, or massage was also available). [2013, Hugh Thomas, Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico, page 292:]