Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flint
Participle: flinted
Gerund: flinting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flint |
| you | flint |
| he;she;it | flints |
| we | flint |
| you | flint |
| they | flint |
Perfect
| I | have flinted |
| you | have flinted |
| he;she;it | has flinted |
| we | have flinted |
| you | have flinted |
| they | have flinted |
Past
| I | flinted |
| you | flinted |
| he;she;it | flinted |
| we | flinted |
| you | flinted |
| they | flinted |
Pluperfect
| I | had flinted |
| you | had flinted |
| he;she;it | had flinted |
| we | had flinted |
| you | had flinted |
| they | had flinted |
Future
| I | will flint |
| you | will flint |
| he;she;it | will flint |
| we | will flint |
| you | will flint |
| they | will flint |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flinted |
| you | will have flinted |
| he;she;it | will have flinted |
| we | will have flinted |
| you | will have flinted |
| they | will have flinted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flint |
| you | flint |
| he;she;it | flint |
| we | flint |
| you | flint |
| they | flint |
Perfect
| I | have flinted |
| you | have flinted |
| he;she;it | have flinted |
| we | have flinted |
| you | have flinted |
| they | have flinted |
Imperfect
| I | flinted |
| you | flinted |
| he;she;it | flinted |
| we | flinted |
| you | flinted |
| they | flinted |
Pluperfect
| I | had flinted |
| you | had flinted |
| he;she;it | had flinted |
| we | had flinted |
| you | had flinted |
| they | had flinted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flint |
| you | would flint |
| he;she;it | would flint |
| we | would flint |
| you | would flint |
| they | would flint |
Perfect
| I | would have flinted |
| you | would have flinted |
| he;she;it | would have flinted |
| we | would have flinted |
| you | would have flinted |
| they | would have flinted |
Imperative
| you | flint |
| we | Let's flint |
| you | flint |
Verbs conjugated like 'flint'
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 'flint'
faint,
feint,
fling,
flirt,
flit,
glint,
lint,
aline,
blin,
blind,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English flynt, flint, from Old English flint, from Proto-West Germanic *flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz (compare Dutch vlint, flint (“flint, cobblestone”), German Flins, Flint (“flint, pebble”), Danish flint (“flint”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plind- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Irish slinn (“slate, shingle”), Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos)), from *(s)pley- (“to split”). More at split.
Sample Sentences
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No schoolboys lingered round Bob Robertson's (yclept Roberson's) blacksmith's shop, for this sleepy day no lusty throat bellowed attention to the flaming tongues fanned from its bloodily blazing teeth; no luminous stars flinted from the clanking anvil. [1907, Barbara Baynton, “Human Toll”, in Sally Krimmer, Alan Lawson, editors, Barbara Baynton: Bush Studies, Other Stories, Human Toll, Verse, Essays and Letters (Portable Australian Authors; UQP Australian Authors), St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 147:]
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No change from the primordial doth appear, / Within the earth’s rotation of the year, / Nor are ye heirless of her sane decree, / The problem is potentiality / Of Spring and Autumn, burdenful with Fate, / Upon the seeds of labour ye must wait, / Sowing the Consequence by which ye came, / Flinting the fire not to fire but flame, / With all the end of Destiny the same! [1908, Gerda Dalliba, “[An Earth Poem] Children of Sod (Morning)”, in An Earth Poem and Other Poems, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, page 33:]
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The sun had warmed the air to a balmy 45 degrees and sent sparks flinting off the bleachy white snow. [2005 January 14, Anne Goodwin Sides, “Rocky Mountain High Life”, in The New York Times:]