Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foin
Participle: foined
Gerund: foining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | foin |
| you | foin |
| he;she;it | foins |
| we | foin |
| you | foin |
| they | foin |
Perfect
| I | have foined |
| you | have foined |
| he;she;it | has foined |
| we | have foined |
| you | have foined |
| they | have foined |
Past
| I | foined |
| you | foined |
| he;she;it | foined |
| we | foined |
| you | foined |
| they | foined |
Pluperfect
| I | had foined |
| you | had foined |
| he;she;it | had foined |
| we | had foined |
| you | had foined |
| they | had foined |
Future
| I | will foin |
| you | will foin |
| he;she;it | will foin |
| we | will foin |
| you | will foin |
| they | will foin |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foined |
| you | will have foined |
| he;she;it | will have foined |
| we | will have foined |
| you | will have foined |
| they | will have foined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foin |
| you | foin |
| he;she;it | foin |
| we | foin |
| you | foin |
| they | foin |
Perfect
| I | have foined |
| you | have foined |
| he;she;it | have foined |
| we | have foined |
| you | have foined |
| they | have foined |
Imperfect
| I | foined |
| you | foined |
| he;she;it | foined |
| we | foined |
| you | foined |
| they | foined |
Pluperfect
| I | had foined |
| you | had foined |
| he;she;it | had foined |
| we | had foined |
| you | had foined |
| they | had foined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foin |
| you | would foin |
| he;she;it | would foin |
| we | would foin |
| you | would foin |
| they | would foin |
Perfect
| I | would have foined |
| you | would have foined |
| he;she;it | would have foined |
| we | would have foined |
| you | would have foined |
| they | would have foined |
Imperative
| you | foin |
| we | Let's foin |
| you | foin |
Verbs conjugated like 'foin'
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 'foin'
coin,
fain,
fin,
foil,
foind,
join,
roin,
bein,
bin,
blin,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon
- chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Old French foene (“harpoon, fizgig”), from Latin fuscina (“trident”).
Sample Sentences
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And then he flue on hir as he were wood, / And on hir breeche did hack and foyne a-good. [1593, Thomas Nashe, The Choice of Valentines, lines 140-141:]
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They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore / Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore. [1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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These Fastulfrs and Falsts could drink as well as they could foin or fight, and this has also been the case with me. [1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff:]
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He stroke, he soust, he foynd, he hewd, he lasht, [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 25:]