Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to birl
Participle: birled
Gerund: birling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | birl |
| you | birl |
| he;she;it | birls |
| we | birl |
| you | birl |
| they | birl |
Perfect
| I | have birled |
| you | have birled |
| he;she;it | has birled |
| we | have birled |
| you | have birled |
| they | have birled |
Past
| I | birled |
| you | birled |
| he;she;it | birled |
| we | birled |
| you | birled |
| they | birled |
Pluperfect
| I | had birled |
| you | had birled |
| he;she;it | had birled |
| we | had birled |
| you | had birled |
| they | had birled |
Future
| I | will birl |
| you | will birl |
| he;she;it | will birl |
| we | will birl |
| you | will birl |
| they | will birl |
Future Perfect
| I | will have birled |
| you | will have birled |
| he;she;it | will have birled |
| we | will have birled |
| you | will have birled |
| they | will have birled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | birl |
| you | birl |
| he;she;it | birl |
| we | birl |
| you | birl |
| they | birl |
Perfect
| I | have birled |
| you | have birled |
| he;she;it | have birled |
| we | have birled |
| you | have birled |
| they | have birled |
Imperfect
| I | birled |
| you | birled |
| he;she;it | birled |
| we | birled |
| you | birled |
| they | birled |
Pluperfect
| I | had birled |
| you | had birled |
| he;she;it | had birled |
| we | had birled |
| you | had birled |
| they | had birled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would birl |
| you | would birl |
| he;she;it | would birl |
| we | would birl |
| you | would birl |
| they | would birl |
Perfect
| I | would have birled |
| you | would have birled |
| he;she;it | would have birled |
| we | would have birled |
| you | would have birled |
| they | would have birled |
Imperative
| you | birl |
| we | Let's birl |
| you | birl |
Verbs conjugated like 'birl'
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 'birl'
bill,
bird,
birle,
birr,
burl,
byrl,
dirl,
girl,
pirl,
tirl,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English birlen.
Sample Sentences
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About nine in the morning, in a burst of wintry sun between two squalls of hail, I had my first look of Holland - a line of windmills birling in the breeze. [1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter XXII, in Catriona, Helvoetsluys:]
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1906, Neil Munro, The Vital Spark, reprinted in 1958, Para Handy Tales,
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"I'll maybe no trouble you long, boys," he moaned lugubriously. "My heid's birling roond that fast that I canna even mind my own name two meenutes."
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"That's nothing!" my companion repressed me, "anybody can birl a log. Watch this."
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Roaring Dick for the first time unfolded his arms. With some appearance of caution he balanced his unstable footing into absolute immobility. Then he turned a somersault. [1903 April, Stewart Edward White, “The Riverman”, in McClure's Magazine, volume 20:]