Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to splain
Participle: splained
Gerund: splaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | splain |
| you | splain |
| he;she;it | splains |
| we | splain |
| you | splain |
| they | splain |
Perfect
| I | have splained |
| you | have splained |
| he;she;it | has splained |
| we | have splained |
| you | have splained |
| they | have splained |
Past
| I | splained |
| you | splained |
| he;she;it | splained |
| we | splained |
| you | splained |
| they | splained |
Pluperfect
| I | had splained |
| you | had splained |
| he;she;it | had splained |
| we | had splained |
| you | had splained |
| they | had splained |
Future
| I | will splain |
| you | will splain |
| he;she;it | will splain |
| we | will splain |
| you | will splain |
| they | will splain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have splained |
| you | will have splained |
| he;she;it | will have splained |
| we | will have splained |
| you | will have splained |
| they | will have splained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | splain |
| you | splain |
| he;she;it | splain |
| we | splain |
| you | splain |
| they | splain |
Perfect
| I | have splained |
| you | have splained |
| he;she;it | have splained |
| we | have splained |
| you | have splained |
| they | have splained |
Imperfect
| I | splained |
| you | splained |
| he;she;it | splained |
| we | splained |
| you | splained |
| they | splained |
Pluperfect
| I | had splained |
| you | had splained |
| he;she;it | had splained |
| we | had splained |
| you | had splained |
| they | had splained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would splain |
| you | would splain |
| he;she;it | would splain |
| we | would splain |
| you | would splain |
| they | would splain |
Perfect
| I | would have splained |
| you | would have splained |
| he;she;it | would have splained |
| we | would have splained |
| you | would have splained |
| they | would have splained |
Imperative
| you | splain |
| we | Let's splain |
| you | splain |
Verbs conjugated like 'splain'
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 'splain'
plain,
sprain,
explain,
lain,
pain,
plait,
plan,
plein,
sain,
span,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Apheretic form of explain.
Sample Sentences
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"Howsomever, dey 'ranged der 'fairs, en splained der bizness." [1881, Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus:]
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"Why, Lor' bless you, I never knew nothing about the rights of them things till you splained them to me yesterday, boss." [1905, R. F. Foster, “In Self Defence”, in The Bookman, volume 21:]
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"Den," he confided, "I 'splained to de release man 'bout lookin' fur a settin'-down job, an' he jes' sorta motioned to de do'." [1947, John Avery Lomax, Adventures of a Ballad Hunter, page 195:]