Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spay
Participle: spayed
Gerund: spaying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spay |
| you | spay |
| he;she;it | spays |
| we | spay |
| you | spay |
| they | spay |
Perfect
| I | have spayed |
| you | have spayed |
| he;she;it | has spayed |
| we | have spayed |
| you | have spayed |
| they | have spayed |
Past
| I | spayed |
| you | spayed |
| he;she;it | spayed |
| we | spayed |
| you | spayed |
| they | spayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had spayed |
| you | had spayed |
| he;she;it | had spayed |
| we | had spayed |
| you | had spayed |
| they | had spayed |
Future
| I | will spay |
| you | will spay |
| he;she;it | will spay |
| we | will spay |
| you | will spay |
| they | will spay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spayed |
| you | will have spayed |
| he;she;it | will have spayed |
| we | will have spayed |
| you | will have spayed |
| they | will have spayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spay |
| you | spay |
| he;she;it | spay |
| we | spay |
| you | spay |
| they | spay |
Perfect
| I | have spayed |
| you | have spayed |
| he;she;it | have spayed |
| we | have spayed |
| you | have spayed |
| they | have spayed |
Imperfect
| I | spayed |
| you | spayed |
| he;she;it | spayed |
| we | spayed |
| you | spayed |
| they | spayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had spayed |
| you | had spayed |
| he;she;it | had spayed |
| we | had spayed |
| you | had spayed |
| they | had spayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spay |
| you | would spay |
| he;she;it | would spay |
| we | would spay |
| you | would spay |
| they | would spay |
Perfect
| I | would have spayed |
| you | would have spayed |
| he;she;it | would have spayed |
| we | would have spayed |
| you | would have spayed |
| they | would have spayed |
Imperative
| you | spay |
| we | Let's spay |
| you | spay |
Verbs conjugated like 'spay'
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 'spay'
apay,
pay,
say,
slay,
spam,
span,
spar,
spat,
spaz,
splay,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spayen, spaien, from the Anglo-Norman espeier, equivalent to the Old French espeer (“to cut with a sword”), from espee (“sword”), whence the Modern French épée. See: Middle English '
spayen', Old French '
espeer'.
Sample Sentences
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We’re having our cat spayed as we don’t want her having kittens.
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With their eye on non-island countries, namely America, the authors of Cat Wars argue for a combination of spay/neuter programs, enclosed sanctuaries, and euthanasia. [2016 November 13, Britt Peterson, “The Case Against Cats”, in The Atlantic:]