Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to petal
Participle: petaled
Gerund: petaling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | petal |
| you | petal |
| he;she;it | petals |
| we | petal |
| you | petal |
| they | petal |
Perfect
| I | have petaled |
| you | have petaled |
| he;she;it | has petaled |
| we | have petaled |
| you | have petaled |
| they | have petaled |
Past
| I | petaled |
| you | petaled |
| he;she;it | petaled |
| we | petaled |
| you | petaled |
| they | petaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had petaled |
| you | had petaled |
| he;she;it | had petaled |
| we | had petaled |
| you | had petaled |
| they | had petaled |
Future
| I | will petal |
| you | will petal |
| he;she;it | will petal |
| we | will petal |
| you | will petal |
| they | will petal |
Future Perfect
| I | will have petaled |
| you | will have petaled |
| he;she;it | will have petaled |
| we | will have petaled |
| you | will have petaled |
| they | will have petaled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | petal |
| you | petal |
| he;she;it | petal |
| we | petal |
| you | petal |
| they | petal |
Perfect
| I | have petaled |
| you | have petaled |
| he;she;it | have petaled |
| we | have petaled |
| you | have petaled |
| they | have petaled |
Imperfect
| I | petaled |
| you | petaled |
| he;she;it | petaled |
| we | petaled |
| you | petaled |
| they | petaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had petaled |
| you | had petaled |
| he;she;it | had petaled |
| we | had petaled |
| you | had petaled |
| they | had petaled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would petal |
| you | would petal |
| he;she;it | would petal |
| we | would petal |
| you | would petal |
| they | would petal |
Perfect
| I | would have petaled |
| you | would have petaled |
| he;she;it | would have petaled |
| we | would have petaled |
| you | would have petaled |
| they | would have petaled |
Imperative
| you | petal |
| we | Let's petal |
| you | petal |
Verbs conjugated like 'petal'
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 'petal'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.
4. Proto-Hellenic *pétalos
5. Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon)lbor.
6. English petal
7. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pandō and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom). See: Latin '
pandō', English '
fathom'.
Sample Sentences
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anger against the men who had burdened her body with a lead shield of detestation for its blood, let loose without her will and its need against which she clenched her knees to her growing breasts, trying to clasp deep away from her hand that new soft wedge of hair, those lips that petaled out to her dreams. [1980, Thomas Alan Broughton, Winter Journey, page 133:]
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With his forefinger, he curled one of the ringlets that petaled against Malou's forehead. [2014, Tory Cates, Different Dreams, page 169:]
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In the park adjacent to the library, following a winding path, she saw ahead a fountain surrounded by a reflecting pool, and she walked to it and sat on one of the benches facing the water that flowered up in numerous thin streams, petaling the air with silver droplets. [2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 37:]