sinew – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sinew

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sinew
Participle: sinewed
Gerund: sinewing

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of sinew

Indicative

Present

Isinew
yousinew
he;she;itsinews
wesinew
yousinew
theysinew

Perfect

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

Past

Isinewed
yousinewed
he;she;itsinewed
wesinewed
yousinewed
theysinewed

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Isinew
yousinew
he;she;itsinew
wesinew
yousinew
theysinew

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Isinewed
yousinewed
he;she;itsinewed
wesinewed
yousinewed
theysinewed

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

yousinew
weLet's sinew
yousinew

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'sinew'

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 'sinew'

snew, vinew, benew, desinew, dine, enew, ennew, fine, indew, inmew,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), from Old English sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”), from *(s)neh₁- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”).
2. The word is cognate with sinnow (“sinew”), Scots senon, sinnon, Saterland Frisian Siene (“sinew”), West Frisian senuw, sine (“sinew; nerve”), Dutch zenuw (“nerve, sinew”), German Sehne (“tendon, sinew; cord”), Icelandic sin (“tendon”), Danish sene (“tendon, sinew”), Swedish sena (“sinew”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (snāuuar, “tendon, sinew”), Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “tendon; nerve; cord”), Latin nervus (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāván, “sinew, tendon; muscle”), Tocharian B ṣñor (“sinew”). Doublet of nerve and neuron. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Siene', Danish 'sene', Swedish 'sena'.

Sample Sentences

  • And now to London with Triumphant march, / There to be crowned Englands Royall King: / From whence, ſhall Warwicke cut the Sea to France, / And aske the Ladie Bona for thy Queene: / So ſhalt thou ſinow both theſe Lands together, / And hauing France thy Friend, thou ſhalt not dread / The ſcattred Foe, that hopes to riſe againe: […] [c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi], pages 157–158:]
  • [I]t were to be wiſhed that we tried the restrictive arts of government, and made law the protector, but not the tyrant of the people. […] [W]e ſhould then find that wretches, now ſtuck up for long tortures, left luxury ſhould feel a momentary pang, might, if properly treated, ſerve to ſinew the ſtate in times of danger; […] [1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], “The Same Subject Continued”, in The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume II, Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, page 123:]