Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to navvy
Participle: navvied
Gerund: navvying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | navvy |
| you | navvy |
| he;she;it | navvies |
| we | navvy |
| you | navvy |
| they | navvy |
Perfect
| I | have navvied |
| you | have navvied |
| he;she;it | has navvied |
| we | have navvied |
| you | have navvied |
| they | have navvied |
Past
| I | navvied |
| you | navvied |
| he;she;it | navvied |
| we | navvied |
| you | navvied |
| they | navvied |
Pluperfect
| I | had navvied |
| you | had navvied |
| he;she;it | had navvied |
| we | had navvied |
| you | had navvied |
| they | had navvied |
Future
| I | will navvy |
| you | will navvy |
| he;she;it | will navvy |
| we | will navvy |
| you | will navvy |
| they | will navvy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have navvied |
| you | will have navvied |
| he;she;it | will have navvied |
| we | will have navvied |
| you | will have navvied |
| they | will have navvied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | navvy |
| you | navvy |
| he;she;it | navvy |
| we | navvy |
| you | navvy |
| they | navvy |
Perfect
| I | have navvied |
| you | have navvied |
| he;she;it | have navvied |
| we | have navvied |
| you | have navvied |
| they | have navvied |
Imperfect
| I | navvied |
| you | navvied |
| he;she;it | navvied |
| we | navvied |
| you | navvied |
| they | navvied |
Pluperfect
| I | had navvied |
| you | had navvied |
| he;she;it | had navvied |
| we | had navvied |
| you | had navvied |
| they | had navvied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would navvy |
| you | would navvy |
| he;she;it | would navvy |
| we | would navvy |
| you | would navvy |
| they | would navvy |
Perfect
| I | would have navvied |
| you | would have navvied |
| he;she;it | would have navvied |
| we | would have navvied |
| you | would have navvied |
| they | would have navvied |
Imperative
| you | navvy |
| we | Let's navvy |
| you | navvy |
Verbs conjugated like 'navvy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'navvy'
savvy,
bevvy,
bivvy,
divvy,
nanny,
nappy,
nav,
nay,
abuy,
acoy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Clipping of navigator, in reference to the navigation canals upon which these workers first toiled, + -y.
Sample Sentences
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But by pretending to believe he's navvied before, I've given him double reason to drive himself hard. [1974, Malcolm MacDonald, World From Rough Stones, published 2013, unnumbered page:]
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Before my time of navvying I believe the times were still worse. [1978, John Shaw Neilson, The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson, page 104:]
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Three terms to use for George Eliot: the feminine imagination and sensibility; Intellect, the capacity for higher navvying; Intelligence. [1995, F. R. Leavis, Ian Duncan MacKillop, Richard Storer, editors, F.R. Leavis: Essays and Documents, published 2005, page 89:]