Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pollard
Participle: pollarded
Gerund: pollarding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pollard |
| you | pollard |
| he;she;it | pollards |
| we | pollard |
| you | pollard |
| they | pollard |
Perfect
| I | have pollarded |
| you | have pollarded |
| he;she;it | has pollarded |
| we | have pollarded |
| you | have pollarded |
| they | have pollarded |
Past
| I | pollarded |
| you | pollarded |
| he;she;it | pollarded |
| we | pollarded |
| you | pollarded |
| they | pollarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had pollarded |
| you | had pollarded |
| he;she;it | had pollarded |
| we | had pollarded |
| you | had pollarded |
| they | had pollarded |
Future
| I | will pollard |
| you | will pollard |
| he;she;it | will pollard |
| we | will pollard |
| you | will pollard |
| they | will pollard |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pollarded |
| you | will have pollarded |
| he;she;it | will have pollarded |
| we | will have pollarded |
| you | will have pollarded |
| they | will have pollarded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pollard |
| you | pollard |
| he;she;it | pollard |
| we | pollard |
| you | pollard |
| they | pollard |
Perfect
| I | have pollarded |
| you | have pollarded |
| he;she;it | have pollarded |
| we | have pollarded |
| you | have pollarded |
| they | have pollarded |
Imperfect
| I | pollarded |
| you | pollarded |
| he;she;it | pollarded |
| we | pollarded |
| you | pollarded |
| they | pollarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had pollarded |
| you | had pollarded |
| he;she;it | had pollarded |
| we | had pollarded |
| you | had pollarded |
| they | had pollarded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pollard |
| you | would pollard |
| he;she;it | would pollard |
| we | would pollard |
| you | would pollard |
| they | would pollard |
Perfect
| I | would have pollarded |
| you | would have pollarded |
| he;she;it | would have pollarded |
| we | would have pollarded |
| you | would have pollarded |
| they | would have pollarded |
Imperative
| you | pollard |
| we | Let's pollard |
| you | pollard |
Verbs conjugated like 'pollard'
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 'pollard'
collar,
collaud,
gollar,
pillar,
pollack,
poniard,
sollar,
ballad,
board,
bombard,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English poll (“head”) + the pejorative suffix -ard (“person characterized by or associated with something, often in a negative way”). The suffix has the same meaning as in drunkard and coward. When used as a verb, it is often used to mean a cut head, which originates from the terms usage in cattle, where "pollarded" is used to mean "headed," as opposed to horned.
Sample Sentences
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I didn't know one could pollard elms. I thought one only pollarded willows. [1910, Edward Morgan Forster, chapter 11, in Howards End:]
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As well as coppicing, other trees were pollarded, or lopped about 6 ft up the trunk so that the resulting growth was beyond the reach of grazing animals. Pollarding lengthens the life of trees, and the frequently made estimate '1,000 years old' could well be true of some sturdy old trunks. [1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 118:]
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Cutting back to the same position annually is usually referred to as pollarding; cutting nearly to the ground is usually called stooling. Both are good methods of controlling height and maintaining vigor on plants that would normally grow to a large size. [2011, Edward F. Gilman, An Illustrated Guide to Pruning, 3rd edition, Clifton Park, N.Y.: Delmar, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 411:]
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I walked up the path, passing under a heavily pollarded oak. [2019, Ian McEwan, Machines Like Me, Jonathan Cape, page 287:]