nim – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of nim

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to nim
Participle: nimmed
Gerund: nimming

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Inim
younim
he;she;itnims
wenim
younim
theynim

Perfect

Ihave nimmed
youhave nimmed
he;she;ithas nimmed
wehave nimmed
youhave nimmed
theyhave nimmed

Past

Inimmed
younimmed
he;she;itnimmed
wenimmed
younimmed
theynimmed

Pluperfect

Ihad nimmed
youhad nimmed
he;she;ithad nimmed
wehad nimmed
youhad nimmed
theyhad nimmed

Future

Iwill nim
youwill nim
he;she;itwill nim
wewill nim
youwill nim
theywill nim

Future Perfect

Iwill have nimmed
youwill have nimmed
he;she;itwill have nimmed
wewill have nimmed
youwill have nimmed
theywill have nimmed

Subjunctive

Present

Inim
younim
he;she;itnim
wenim
younim
theynim

Perfect

Ihave nimmed
youhave nimmed
he;she;ithave nimmed
wehave nimmed
youhave nimmed
theyhave nimmed

Imperfect

Inimmed
younimmed
he;she;itnimmed
wenimmed
younimmed
theynimmed

Pluperfect

Ihad nimmed
youhad nimmed
he;she;ithad nimmed
wehad nimmed
youhad nimmed
theyhad nimmed

Conditional

Present

Iwould nim
youwould nim
he;she;itwould nim
wewould nim
youwould nim
theywould nim

Perfect

Iwould have nimmed
youwould have nimmed
he;she;itwould have nimmed
wewould have nimmed
youwould have nimmed
theywould have nimmed

Imperative

younim
weLet's nim
younim

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam nimming
youare nimming
he;she;itis nimming
weare nimming
youare nimming
theyare nimming

Perfect

Ihave been nimming
youhave been nimming
he;she;ithas been nimming
wehave been nimming
youhave been nimming
theyhave been nimming

Past

Iwas nimming
youwere nimming
he;she;itwas nimming
wewere nimming
youwere nimming
theywere nimming

Pluperfect

Ihad been nimming
youhad been nimming
he;she;ithad been nimming
wehad been nimming
youhad been nimming
theyhad been nimming

Future

Iwill be nimming
youwill be nimming
he;she;itwill be nimming
wewill be nimming
youwill be nimming
theywill be nimming

Future Perfect

Iwill have been nimming
youwill have been nimming
he;she;itwill have been nimming
wewill have been nimming
youwill have been nimming
theywill have been nimming

Conditional

Present

Iwould be nimming
youwould be nimming
he;she;itwould be nimming
wewould be nimming
youwould be nimming
theywould be nimming

Perfect

Iwould have been nimming
youwould have been nimming
he;she;itwould have been nimming
wewould have been nimming
youwould have been nimming
theywould have been nimming

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'nim'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'nim'

aim, dim, nib, nig, nil, nip, nit, nix, nom, rim,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to actively and intentionally gain possession or control
appropriate, bag, catch, expropriate, grab, grasp, grip, help oneself, hook, impropriate, make free with, nab, pocket, sack, seize, take
to hold firmly, particularly with the hand
begrasp, begrip, belock, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, enclasp, fang, fondle, glaum, grab, grabble, grasp, grip, hang on, hold, hold on, hold tight, seize, stranglehold, take

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble. See: Middle English 'nimen', Old English 'niman', Proto-Germanic '*nemaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'nieme', Dutch 'nemen', Low Saxon 'nehmen', German, old spelling 'nehmen', Danish 'nemme'.

Verbs referencing "nim"

English number, German, old spelling nehmen, Latin emo, Dutch nemen, Swedish anamma.

Sample Sentences

  • Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup. [1547 (original; printed 1870), Andrew Boorde, The First Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge, page 122]
  • Then Alfyne to the court Of Syleuma doth come,
  • And Pandauola in her armes
  • Her Alfyne hath up num
  • And kisseth him full ofte […] [1566–1573 (original; printed 1873), John Partridge, The Hystorie of the Moste Noble Knight Plasidas, and Other Rare Pieces, page 106]
  • Gryndall carefully sets out the difference between seizing or nimming a bird (an outcome that would constitute a partly successful flight) and taking the bird outright: 'And if your Hawke noume [nim, seize] a foule, and the foule breake from her, she hath discomfited many feathers of the foule, and is broken away: but in kindly speech you shall say, your hawke hath noumed or seased a foule, and not taken it'. [2017, Thomas Heywood, A Woman Killed With Kindness, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 155:]
  • They'll question Mars, and, by his look,
  • Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak; [1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:]
  • Nimming and niftering whativver he can try his fists on. [1785, Hutton, Bran New Wark, I. 305, quoted in 1903, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q, page 273]
  • But while he fell in some brave exploit, you, I suppose, being provident rogues and thieves of discretion, were on the sure lay, pilfering little thefts among the mob, fearfully nimming a cloak or rifling some old woman's bulk of a stock to set up a piece-broker's shop. [1821, Apuleius, The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius, of Medaura, page 131:]
  • They nim a pig, a duck, or fowl. [1824 (edition; original 1790), Nairne, Tales, 37, quoted in 1903, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q, page 273]
  • Shall we go nim a horse, Tom,—what dost think? […] Nim? yes, yes, yes, let's nim with all my heart; I see no harm in nimming, for my part; […] Were it my lord mayor's hourse—I'd nim it first. [...A horse] they stole, or, as they called it, nimmed,
  • Just as the twilight all the landscape dimmed. […] What is most likely, is that both these elves
  • Were, in like manner, halter-nimmed themselves. [1854, Oliver Oldham, Oldham's Amusing and Instructive Reader: A Course of Reading, Original and Selected, in Prose and Poetry, Wherein Wit, Humor, and Mirth are Made the Means of Awakening Interest, and Imparting Instructon : for the Use of Schools and Academies, page 110:]
  • The old lady does nim along. [1856, Thompson, Hist. Boston, page 716, quoted in 1903, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q, page 273]
  • Ah had set myself doon where the aums meet aboon,
  • When Jinny jamp oop, and ganned nimming alang [1949, Wilfrid J. Halliday, Arthur Stanley Umpleby, The White Rose Garland of Yorkshire Dialect Verse and Local and Folk-lore Rhymes (quoting Irene Sutcliffe), page 111:]