Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to slum
Participle: slummed
Gerund: slumming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | slum |
| you | slum |
| he;she;it | slums |
| we | slum |
| you | slum |
| they | slum |
Perfect
| I | have slummed |
| you | have slummed |
| he;she;it | has slummed |
| we | have slummed |
| you | have slummed |
| they | have slummed |
Past
| I | slummed |
| you | slummed |
| he;she;it | slummed |
| we | slummed |
| you | slummed |
| they | slummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had slummed |
| you | had slummed |
| he;she;it | had slummed |
| we | had slummed |
| you | had slummed |
| they | had slummed |
Future
| I | will slum |
| you | will slum |
| he;she;it | will slum |
| we | will slum |
| you | will slum |
| they | will slum |
Future Perfect
| I | will have slummed |
| you | will have slummed |
| he;she;it | will have slummed |
| we | will have slummed |
| you | will have slummed |
| they | will have slummed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | slum |
| you | slum |
| he;she;it | slum |
| we | slum |
| you | slum |
| they | slum |
Perfect
| I | have slummed |
| you | have slummed |
| he;she;it | have slummed |
| we | have slummed |
| you | have slummed |
| they | have slummed |
Imperfect
| I | slummed |
| you | slummed |
| he;she;it | slummed |
| we | slummed |
| you | slummed |
| they | slummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had slummed |
| you | had slummed |
| he;she;it | had slummed |
| we | had slummed |
| you | had slummed |
| they | had slummed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would slum |
| you | would slum |
| he;she;it | would slum |
| we | would slum |
| you | would slum |
| they | would slum |
Perfect
| I | would have slummed |
| you | would have slummed |
| he;she;it | would have slummed |
| we | would have slummed |
| you | would have slummed |
| they | would have slummed |
Imperative
| you | slum |
| we | Let's slum |
| you | slum |
Verbs conjugated like 'slum'
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 'slum'
alum,
glum,
plum,
scum,
skum,
slam,
slim,
slub,
slug,
slump,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1812. Originally slang, in the sense "room", especially "backroom", of unknown origin.
Sample Sentences
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The princess goes slumming. [1953, Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, Roman Holiday, spoken by Irving Radovich (Eddie Albert):]
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When you meet the girl who wouldn't et cetera you will tell her that you are slumming, visiting your own six A.M. Lower East Side of the soul on a lark, stepping nimbly between the piles of garbage to the gay marimba rhythms in your head. [1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 4:]
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While slumming had long been an indulgence; if not liberty, of many well-to-do men (and some women), the intimate theaters created by Prohibition brought together elements of normally disparate social groups through a special form of bonding, breaking the law and enjoying it. [2020, David Rosen, Prohibition New York City, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 110:]