Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bronze
Participle: bronzed
Gerund: bronzing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bronze |
| you | bronze |
| he;she;it | bronzes |
| we | bronze |
| you | bronze |
| they | bronze |
Perfect
| I | have bronzed |
| you | have bronzed |
| he;she;it | has bronzed |
| we | have bronzed |
| you | have bronzed |
| they | have bronzed |
Past
| I | bronzed |
| you | bronzed |
| he;she;it | bronzed |
| we | bronzed |
| you | bronzed |
| they | bronzed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bronzed |
| you | had bronzed |
| he;she;it | had bronzed |
| we | had bronzed |
| you | had bronzed |
| they | had bronzed |
Future
| I | will bronze |
| you | will bronze |
| he;she;it | will bronze |
| we | will bronze |
| you | will bronze |
| they | will bronze |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bronzed |
| you | will have bronzed |
| he;she;it | will have bronzed |
| we | will have bronzed |
| you | will have bronzed |
| they | will have bronzed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bronze |
| you | bronze |
| he;she;it | bronze |
| we | bronze |
| you | bronze |
| they | bronze |
Perfect
| I | have bronzed |
| you | have bronzed |
| he;she;it | have bronzed |
| we | have bronzed |
| you | have bronzed |
| they | have bronzed |
Imperfect
| I | bronzed |
| you | bronzed |
| he;she;it | bronzed |
| we | bronzed |
| you | bronzed |
| they | bronzed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bronzed |
| you | had bronzed |
| he;she;it | had bronzed |
| we | had bronzed |
| you | had bronzed |
| they | had bronzed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bronze |
| you | would bronze |
| he;she;it | would bronze |
| we | would bronze |
| you | would bronze |
| they | would bronze |
Perfect
| I | would have bronzed |
| you | would have bronzed |
| he;she;it | would have bronzed |
| we | would have bronzed |
| you | would have bronzed |
| they | would have bronzed |
Imperative
| you | bronze |
| we | Let's bronze |
| you | bronze |
Verbs conjugated like 'bronze'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bronze'
bronzen,
brouze,
browze,
bone,
booze,
braize,
braze,
breeze,
brine,
broche,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). First use appears c. 1721 in the writings of Matthew Prior (for which, see citation below).
Sample Sentences
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My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
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The sun was so low that its level rays shot through the tunnels of the forest and bronzed its ceiling of woven leaves when Bess returned to the clearing. [1925, DuBose Heyward, Porgy, London: Jonathan Cape, Part IV, p. 137:]
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North is the bay of Acre, lovely in shape, and, far, far beyond, the cloudy vision of Hermon, its huge landscape now only attainable with a police pass—beautifully solitary except for good-looking young men of the police patrols, all fit and bronzed. [1961, Freya Stark, chapter 8, in Dust in the Lion's Paw: Autobiography 1939-1946, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, page 122:]
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His skin began to bronze as he worked in our garden each day. [2006, Melissa Lassor, “Out of Darkness”, in Watching Time, page 124:]
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the lawyer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead [1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:]
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Louganis' runner-up count was 822.09, and Boggs bronzed at 783.78. [1979, Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, AAU News:]
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Her speedskating teammate, Leah Poulos, captured a 1000m silver in 1976, behind Tatiana Averina of the Soviet Union, who also took the gold in the 3000m and bronzed in the 500m and the 1500m. [1992, Martin Connors, Diane L. Dupuis, Brad Morgan, The Olympics Factbook: A Spectator's Guide to the Winter and Summer Games, Visible Ink Press:]
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Rauch plays has-been athlete Hope Ann Greggory, who bronzed at the Olympics by prevailing over a performance-incurred injury that would later effectively end her career. [2016 March 17, Andrew Lapin, “'The Bronze' Is The Story Of A Mighty, Nasty Gymnast”, in NPR:]