Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sowl
Participle: sowled
Gerund: sowling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sowl |
| you | sowl |
| he;she;it | sowls |
| we | sowl |
| you | sowl |
| they | sowl |
Perfect
| I | have sowled |
| you | have sowled |
| he;she;it | has sowled |
| we | have sowled |
| you | have sowled |
| they | have sowled |
Past
| I | sowled |
| you | sowled |
| he;she;it | sowled |
| we | sowled |
| you | sowled |
| they | sowled |
Pluperfect
| I | had sowled |
| you | had sowled |
| he;she;it | had sowled |
| we | had sowled |
| you | had sowled |
| they | had sowled |
Future
| I | will sowl |
| you | will sowl |
| he;she;it | will sowl |
| we | will sowl |
| you | will sowl |
| they | will sowl |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sowled |
| you | will have sowled |
| he;she;it | will have sowled |
| we | will have sowled |
| you | will have sowled |
| they | will have sowled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sowl |
| you | sowl |
| he;she;it | sowl |
| we | sowl |
| you | sowl |
| they | sowl |
Perfect
| I | have sowled |
| you | have sowled |
| he;she;it | have sowled |
| we | have sowled |
| you | have sowled |
| they | have sowled |
Imperfect
| I | sowled |
| you | sowled |
| he;she;it | sowled |
| we | sowled |
| you | sowled |
| they | sowled |
Pluperfect
| I | had sowled |
| you | had sowled |
| he;she;it | had sowled |
| we | had sowled |
| you | had sowled |
| they | had sowled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sowl |
| you | would sowl |
| he;she;it | would sowl |
| we | would sowl |
| you | would sowl |
| they | would sowl |
Perfect
| I | would have sowled |
| you | would have sowled |
| he;she;it | would have sowled |
| we | would have sowled |
| you | would have sowled |
| they | would have sowled |
Imperative
| you | sowl |
| we | Let's sowl |
| you | sowl |
Verbs conjugated like 'sowl'
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 'sowl'
bowl,
cowl,
fowl,
gowl,
howl,
jowl,
owl,
scowl,
soil,
sool,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make physically dirty
- assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile, befoul, begrime, beray, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, contaminate, darken, denigrate, dirty, drag through the mud, dull, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, pollute, sling mud, slotter, slur, smutch, soss, spot, stain, sullow, taint, tarnish, uggle
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Origin unknown; compare German zaulen, zauseln, zausen (“to tug, drag”). See also tousle. See: German, old spelling '
zaulen'.
Sample Sentences
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Hee'l go he ſayes, and ſole the Porter of Rome Gates by th'ears. He will mowe all downe before him, and leaue his paſſage poul'd. [c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], page 23, column 1:]
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Like draws to like, ilk sma'-sowled cub, / To gnaw its Bane. [1876, George Bruce, “Saint Andrews Burns’ Club”, in Destiny and Other Poems, St. Andrews, Fife: Printed for the author, →OCLC, page 387:]