deck – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of deck

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to deck sb out
Participle: decked sb out
Gerund: decking sb out

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ideck sb out
youdeck sb out
he;she;itdecks sb out
wedeck sb out
youdeck sb out
theydeck sb out

Perfect

Ihave decked sb out
youhave decked sb out
he;she;ithas decked sb out
wehave decked sb out
youhave decked sb out
theyhave decked sb out

Past

Idecked sb out
youdecked sb out
he;she;itdecked sb out
wedecked sb out
youdecked sb out
theydecked sb out

Pluperfect

Ihad decked sb out
youhad decked sb out
he;she;ithad decked sb out
wehad decked sb out
youhad decked sb out
theyhad decked sb out

Future

Iwill deck sb out
youwill deck sb out
he;she;itwill deck sb out
wewill deck sb out
youwill deck sb out
theywill deck sb out

Future Perfect

Iwill have decked sb out
youwill have decked sb out
he;she;itwill have decked sb out
wewill have decked sb out
youwill have decked sb out
theywill have decked sb out

Subjunctive

Present

Ideck sb out
youdeck sb out
he;she;itdeck sb out
wedeck sb out
youdeck sb out
theydeck sb out

Perfect

Ihave decked sb out
youhave decked sb out
he;she;ithave decked sb out
wehave decked sb out
youhave decked sb out
theyhave decked sb out

Imperfect

Idecked sb out
youdecked sb out
he;she;itdecked sb out
wedecked sb out
youdecked sb out
theydecked sb out

Pluperfect

Ihad decked sb out
youhad decked sb out
he;she;ithad decked sb out
wehad decked sb out
youhad decked sb out
theyhad decked sb out

Conditional

Present

Iwould deck sb out
youwould deck sb out
he;she;itwould deck sb out
wewould deck sb out
youwould deck sb out
theywould deck sb out

Perfect

Iwould have decked sb out
youwould have decked sb out
he;she;itwould have decked sb out
wewould have decked sb out
youwould have decked sb out
theywould have decked sb out

Imperative

youdeck sb out
weLet's deck sb out
youdeck sb out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam decking sb out
youare decking sb out
he;she;itis decking sb out
weare decking sb out
youare decking sb out
theyare decking sb out

Perfect

Ihave been decking sb out
youhave been decking sb out
he;she;ithas been decking sb out
wehave been decking sb out
youhave been decking sb out
theyhave been decking sb out

Past

Iwas decking sb out
youwere decking sb out
he;she;itwas decking sb out
wewere decking sb out
youwere decking sb out
theywere decking sb out

Pluperfect

Ihad been decking sb out
youhad been decking sb out
he;she;ithad been decking sb out
wehad been decking sb out
youhad been decking sb out
theyhad been decking sb out

Future

Iwill be decking sb out
youwill be decking sb out
he;she;itwill be decking sb out
wewill be decking sb out
youwill be decking sb out
theywill be decking sb out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been decking sb out
youwill have been decking sb out
he;she;itwill have been decking sb out
wewill have been decking sb out
youwill have been decking sb out
theywill have been decking sb out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be decking sb out
youwould be decking sb out
he;she;itwould be decking sb out
wewould be decking sb out
youwould be decking sb out
theywould be decking sb out

Perfect

Iwould have been decking sb out
youwould have been decking sb out
he;she;itwould have been decking sb out
wewould have been decking sb out
youwould have been decking sb out
theywould have been decking sb out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'deck'

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 'deck'

beck, dack, desk, dick, dock, duck, feck, geck, keck, neck,

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1466, probably aphetic of M.L.G. verdeck, a nautical word, from ver- "fore" + decken "to cover, put under roof," from P.Gmc. *thackjam (related to thatch), from PIE *(s)tog-/*(s)teg- "cover" (see stegosaurus). Sense extended early in Eng. from "covering" to "platform of a ship." "Pack of cards" is 1593, perhaps because they were stacked like decks of a ship. The verb sense of "knock down" is first recorded c.1953, probably from notion of laying someone out on the deck. Deck chair (1884) so called because they were used on ocean liners. Tape deck (1949) is in ref. to the flat surface of old reel-to-reel tape recorders.
2. From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack. See: Middle Dutch 'decken', Proto-Germanic '*þakjaną'.

Verbs referencing "deck"

Latin tego.

Sample Sentences

  • to deck a vessel
  • Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?