chow – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of chow

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to chow
Participle: chowed
Gerund: chowing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ichow
youchow
he;she;itchows
wechow
youchow
theychow

Perfect

Ihave chowed
youhave chowed
he;she;ithas chowed
wehave chowed
youhave chowed
theyhave chowed

Past

Ichowed
youchowed
he;she;itchowed
wechowed
youchowed
theychowed

Pluperfect

Ihad chowed
youhad chowed
he;she;ithad chowed
wehad chowed
youhad chowed
theyhad chowed

Future

Iwill chow
youwill chow
he;she;itwill chow
wewill chow
youwill chow
theywill chow

Future Perfect

Iwill have chowed
youwill have chowed
he;she;itwill have chowed
wewill have chowed
youwill have chowed
theywill have chowed

Subjunctive

Present

Ichow
youchow
he;she;itchow
wechow
youchow
theychow

Perfect

Ihave chowed
youhave chowed
he;she;ithave chowed
wehave chowed
youhave chowed
theyhave chowed

Imperfect

Ichowed
youchowed
he;she;itchowed
wechowed
youchowed
theychowed

Pluperfect

Ihad chowed
youhad chowed
he;she;ithad chowed
wehad chowed
youhad chowed
theyhad chowed

Conditional

Present

Iwould chow
youwould chow
he;she;itwould chow
wewould chow
youwould chow
theywould chow

Perfect

Iwould have chowed
youwould have chowed
he;she;itwould have chowed
wewould have chowed
youwould have chowed
theywould have chowed

Imperative

youchow
weLet's chow
youchow

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam chowing
youare chowing
he;she;itis chowing
weare chowing
youare chowing
theyare chowing

Perfect

Ihave been chowing
youhave been chowing
he;she;ithas been chowing
wehave been chowing
youhave been chowing
theyhave been chowing

Past

Iwas chowing
youwere chowing
he;she;itwas chowing
wewere chowing
youwere chowing
theywere chowing

Pluperfect

Ihad been chowing
youhad been chowing
he;she;ithad been chowing
wehad been chowing
youhad been chowing
theyhad been chowing

Future

Iwill be chowing
youwill be chowing
he;she;itwill be chowing
wewill be chowing
youwill be chowing
theywill be chowing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been chowing
youwill have been chowing
he;she;itwill have been chowing
wewill have been chowing
youwill have been chowing
theywill have been chowing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be chowing
youwould be chowing
he;she;itwould be chowing
wewould be chowing
youwould be chowing
theywould be chowing

Perfect

Iwould have been chowing
youwould have been chowing
he;she;itwould have been chowing
wewould have been chowing
youwould have been chowing
theywould have been chowing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'chow'

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 'chow'

chaw, chew, chop, cow, crow, show, achoo, ahoy, avow, blow,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Shortened from chow-chow, from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow. Compare Macanese chau-cháu. See also English chow fun, chow mein, etc. See: Macanese 'chau-cháu'.

Sample Sentences

  • […] while the adversary on his right will repeatedly bury in the discard the very tiles he wishes to chow but can't. [2007, Eleanor Noss Whitney, A Mah Jong Handbook: How to Play, Score, and Win, page 154:]