pole – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pole

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pole
Participle: poled
Gerund: poling

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of pole

Indicative

Present

Ipole
youpole
he;she;itpoles
wepole
youpole
theypole

Perfect

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

Past

Ipoled
youpoled
he;she;itpoled
wepoled
youpoled
theypoled

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ipole
youpole
he;she;itpole
wepole
youpole
theypole

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ipoled
youpoled
he;she;itpoled
wepoled
youpoled
theypoled

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youpole
weLet's pole
youpole

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'pole'

dole, hole, jole, mole, pale, pile, poke, polk, poll, poly,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos
4. Proto-Italic *pākslos
5. Latin pālusbor.
6. Proto-West Germanic *pālu
7. Proto-West Germanic *pāl
8. Old English pāl
9. Middle English pole
10. English poleFrom Middle English pole, pal, from Old English pāl (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”), from Latin pālus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”), perhaps from Old Latin *paxlos, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to nail, fasten”). Doublet of peel, pale, and palus.
11. Cognates
12. Cognate with Scots pale, paill (“stake, pale”), North Frisian pul, pil (“stake, pale”), Saterland Frisian Pool (“pole”), West Frisian poal (“pole”), Dutch paal (“pole”), German Pfahl (“pile, stake, post, pole”), Danish pæl (“pole”), Swedish påle (“pole”), Icelandic páll (“hoe, spade, pale”), Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; lustrum”). See: Swedish 'påle'.

Sample Sentences

  • Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.
  • He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.
  • to pole beans or hops
  • to pole hay into a barn
  • Long had poled the ball into the lower deck in right center. [2007, Tony Silvia, Baseball Over the Air:]
  • to pole copper