Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gill
Participle: gilled
Gerund: gilling
Indicative
Present
| I | gill |
| you | gill |
| he;she;it | gills |
| we | gill |
| you | gill |
| they | gill |
Perfect
| I | have gilled |
| you | have gilled |
| he;she;it | has gilled |
| we | have gilled |
| you | have gilled |
| they | have gilled |
Past
| I | gilled |
| you | gilled |
| he;she;it | gilled |
| we | gilled |
| you | gilled |
| they | gilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had gilled |
| you | had gilled |
| he;she;it | had gilled |
| we | had gilled |
| you | had gilled |
| they | had gilled |
Future
| I | will gill |
| you | will gill |
| he;she;it | will gill |
| we | will gill |
| you | will gill |
| they | will gill |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gilled |
| you | will have gilled |
| he;she;it | will have gilled |
| we | will have gilled |
| you | will have gilled |
| they | will have gilled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gill |
| you | gill |
| he;she;it | gill |
| we | gill |
| you | gill |
| they | gill |
Perfect
| I | have gilled |
| you | have gilled |
| he;she;it | have gilled |
| we | have gilled |
| you | have gilled |
| they | have gilled |
Imperfect
| I | gilled |
| you | gilled |
| he;she;it | gilled |
| we | gilled |
| you | gilled |
| they | gilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had gilled |
| you | had gilled |
| he;she;it | had gilled |
| we | had gilled |
| you | had gilled |
| they | had gilled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gill |
| you | would gill |
| he;she;it | would gill |
| we | would gill |
| you | would gill |
| they | would gill |
Perfect
| I | would have gilled |
| you | would have gilled |
| he;she;it | would have gilled |
| we | would have gilled |
| you | would have gilled |
| they | would have gilled |
Imperative
| you | gill |
| we | Let's gill |
| you | gill |
Verbs conjugated like 'gill'
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 'gill'
bill,
dill,
fill,
gall,
gild,
girl,
grill,
gull,
hill,
jill,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to act in a lewd and lascivious manner
- blissom, chamber, colt, harlot, harlotize, minx, rake, rig, slut, trollop, wanton, wantonize
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle, Swedish gäl, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gjǫlnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning of "gills" (based on Old Danish fiskegæln (“gills”)). The Old Norse word has been suggested as deriving from Proto-Germanic *gelunō (“jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, which would make it root-cognate to Ancient Greek χελύνη (khelúnē, “lip, jaw”), χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”).
2. Displaced native Old English ċīe. See: Danish '
gælle'.
Verbs referencing "gill"
Scots
gill, Danish
gælle.
Sample Sentences
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As we had fish home in the icebox, when Bill led the fish up alongside, I leaned over the combing, gilled the fish with my fingers, slid out the hook and let go. The bass lay there for a moment, tired from the arch of the rod and the pull of the line. [1948, Oliver Hazard Perry Rodman, The Saltwater Fisherman's Favorite Four, page 166:]
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She gutted and gilled the fish, then scaled it. [2014, Scott Tippett, Polaris, →ISBN, page 99:]
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Owing to the peculiar shape of the pompano and the relatively large mesh in the pompano gill nets, the fish are not caught by being actually gilled. [1898, Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, page 255:]
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In cases of very heavy catches the nets may be hauled and stored with the fish still gilled. The fish would then be shaken out on return to the port. [1971, Michael Culley, G. A. Kerkut, The Pilchard: Biology and Exploitation →ISBN, page 70]
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The intention is to gill the fish, so they are usually scared into the net by rowing one boat into the middle of the net circle and banging the oars on the boat bottom or splashing the water. [1994, G.D. Pickett, M.G. Pawson, Sea Bass: Biology, →ISBN, page 177:]
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Since the fine threads of the net usually are caught under the gill covers of the fish they are said to be "gilled." [1926, Walter Koelz, Fishing industry of the Great Lakes, page 556:]
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Also, when fish gilled there wasn't as much extra twine to tangle in, so they were easier to release from the net. [2010, Edward A. Perrine, Midnight Tracy, →ISBN, page 147:]