Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to locust
Participle: locusted
Gerund: locusting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | locust |
| you | locust |
| he;she;it | locusts |
| we | locust |
| you | locust |
| they | locust |
Perfect
| I | have locusted |
| you | have locusted |
| he;she;it | has locusted |
| we | have locusted |
| you | have locusted |
| they | have locusted |
Past
| I | locusted |
| you | locusted |
| he;she;it | locusted |
| we | locusted |
| you | locusted |
| they | locusted |
Pluperfect
| I | had locusted |
| you | had locusted |
| he;she;it | had locusted |
| we | had locusted |
| you | had locusted |
| they | had locusted |
Future
| I | will locust |
| you | will locust |
| he;she;it | will locust |
| we | will locust |
| you | will locust |
| they | will locust |
Future Perfect
| I | will have locusted |
| you | will have locusted |
| he;she;it | will have locusted |
| we | will have locusted |
| you | will have locusted |
| they | will have locusted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | locust |
| you | locust |
| he;she;it | locust |
| we | locust |
| you | locust |
| they | locust |
Perfect
| I | have locusted |
| you | have locusted |
| he;she;it | have locusted |
| we | have locusted |
| you | have locusted |
| they | have locusted |
Imperfect
| I | locusted |
| you | locusted |
| he;she;it | locusted |
| we | locusted |
| you | locusted |
| they | locusted |
Pluperfect
| I | had locusted |
| you | had locusted |
| he;she;it | had locusted |
| we | had locusted |
| you | had locusted |
| they | had locusted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would locust |
| you | would locust |
| he;she;it | would locust |
| we | would locust |
| you | would locust |
| they | would locust |
Perfect
| I | would have locusted |
| you | would have locusted |
| he;she;it | would have locusted |
| we | would have locusted |
| you | would have locusted |
| they | would have locusted |
Imperative
| you | locust |
| we | Let's locust |
| you | locust |
Verbs conjugated like 'locust'
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 'locust'
doust,
focus,
hocus,
joust,
louse,
lout,
lust,
oust,
roust,
tocut,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *lek-der.?
3. Latin locusta
4. Anglo-Norman locustebor.
5. Middle English locuste
6. English locust
7. Inherited from Middle English locuste, locust, from Anglo-Norman locuste, Middle French locuste, and their source, Latin locustam (“locust, crustacean, lobster”, accusative of locusta). Doublet of langouste.
8. Noun sense 3 (“kind of tree”), originally referring to the carob (compare locust bean), is based on the resemblance of the trees' beanlike seed pods to the insect and is likely a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís).
9. Noun sense 5 (“mainlander”) is a semantic loan from Cantonese 蝗蟲 /蝗虫 (wong4 cung4), also meaning "locust".
Sample Sentences
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This Philip and the black-faced swarms of Spain,
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The hardest, cruellest people in the world,
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Come locusting upon us, eat us up,
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Confiscate lands, goods, money […] [1875, Alfred Tennyson, Queen Mary: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, (please specify the page):]