Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sham
Participle: shammed
Gerund: shamming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sham |
| you | sham |
| he;she;it | shams |
| we | sham |
| you | sham |
| they | sham |
Perfect
| I | have shammed |
| you | have shammed |
| he;she;it | has shammed |
| we | have shammed |
| you | have shammed |
| they | have shammed |
Past
| I | shammed |
| you | shammed |
| he;she;it | shammed |
| we | shammed |
| you | shammed |
| they | shammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had shammed |
| you | had shammed |
| he;she;it | had shammed |
| we | had shammed |
| you | had shammed |
| they | had shammed |
Future
| I | will sham |
| you | will sham |
| he;she;it | will sham |
| we | will sham |
| you | will sham |
| they | will sham |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shammed |
| you | will have shammed |
| he;she;it | will have shammed |
| we | will have shammed |
| you | will have shammed |
| they | will have shammed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sham |
| you | sham |
| he;she;it | sham |
| we | sham |
| you | sham |
| they | sham |
Perfect
| I | have shammed |
| you | have shammed |
| he;she;it | have shammed |
| we | have shammed |
| you | have shammed |
| they | have shammed |
Imperfect
| I | shammed |
| you | shammed |
| he;she;it | shammed |
| we | shammed |
| you | shammed |
| they | shammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had shammed |
| you | had shammed |
| he;she;it | had shammed |
| we | had shammed |
| you | had shammed |
| they | had shammed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sham |
| you | would sham |
| he;she;it | would sham |
| we | would sham |
| you | would sham |
| they | would sham |
Perfect
| I | would have shammed |
| you | would have shammed |
| he;she;it | would have shammed |
| we | would have shammed |
| you | would have shammed |
| they | would have shammed |
Imperative
| you | sham |
| we | Let's sham |
| you | sham |
Verbs conjugated like 'sham'
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 'sham'
cham,
ham,
sam,
scam,
seam,
shab,
shag,
shame,
shim,
shram,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Probably a dialectal form of shame.
2. Alternatively, sham is a term that is used to describe the bottom thick base of a glass, usually a wine or stem glass, where the stem meets the bulbous shape bowl. Glass manufacturers would increase the "sham" to deceive customers into thinking a glass holds more than it actually does. For example, a manufacturer would mold a 12oz glass with a larger "sham" in the base to reduce the volume of the glasses to fit 10-11oz of liquid. By increasing the bulge in the base, usually where the stem meets the glass, it is almost impossible to visually distinguish the difference. This gives the illusion the glass size is the same as any another 12oz glass, but the inside will hold a lesser volume. Later, bringing use to the term "you got shammed" when one party tries to hide something and/or get over on the other party using deceiving tactics.
Sample Sentences
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He shammed a migraine to avoid the exam.
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they find themſelves Fool'd and Shamm'd (as we ſay) into a Conviction. [1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Abstemius, &c.] Fab[le] CCLIII. Demades the Orator.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 220:]
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But we muſt have a care all this while, not to […] Sham Fallacyes upon the World for Current Reaſon [1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Æsop, &c.] Fab[le] CLXII. A Nightingale and a Bat.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 144:]