Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to swatch
Participle: swatched
Gerund: swatching
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | swatch |
| you | swatch |
| he;she;it | swatches |
| we | swatch |
| you | swatch |
| they | swatch |
Perfect
| I | have swatched |
| you | have swatched |
| he;she;it | has swatched |
| we | have swatched |
| you | have swatched |
| they | have swatched |
Past
| I | swatched |
| you | swatched |
| he;she;it | swatched |
| we | swatched |
| you | swatched |
| they | swatched |
Pluperfect
| I | had swatched |
| you | had swatched |
| he;she;it | had swatched |
| we | had swatched |
| you | had swatched |
| they | had swatched |
Future
| I | will swatch |
| you | will swatch |
| he;she;it | will swatch |
| we | will swatch |
| you | will swatch |
| they | will swatch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swatched |
| you | will have swatched |
| he;she;it | will have swatched |
| we | will have swatched |
| you | will have swatched |
| they | will have swatched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | swatch |
| you | swatch |
| he;she;it | swatch |
| we | swatch |
| you | swatch |
| they | swatch |
Perfect
| I | have swatched |
| you | have swatched |
| he;she;it | have swatched |
| we | have swatched |
| you | have swatched |
| they | have swatched |
Imperfect
| I | swatched |
| you | swatched |
| he;she;it | swatched |
| we | swatched |
| you | swatched |
| they | swatched |
Pluperfect
| I | had swatched |
| you | had swatched |
| he;she;it | had swatched |
| we | had swatched |
| you | had swatched |
| they | had swatched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would swatch |
| you | would swatch |
| he;she;it | would swatch |
| we | would swatch |
| you | would swatch |
| they | would swatch |
Perfect
| I | would have swatched |
| you | would have swatched |
| he;she;it | would have swatched |
| we | would have swatched |
| you | would have swatched |
| they | would have swatched |
Imperative
| you | swatch |
| we | Let's swatch |
| you | swatch |
Verbs conjugated like 'swatch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'swatch'
smatch,
snatch,
switch,
watch,
batch,
bewatch,
catch,
clatch,
cratch,
cwtch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From earlier Northern England dialectal swache (“the counterfoil or counterstock of a tally”) (1512); further etymology unknown. Cognate with Scots swach, swatch. Compare English swath, swathe. Compare also Old English swæcc (“taste; flavour; odour; fragrance”). See: English '
swath'.
Sample Sentences
-
Swatching is important in knitting to obtain the correct gauge.
-
This season, before you even think about the makeup you need, think about the beige/grey/rust/brown colors—and the clothes—you've been seeing on the preceding pages (to remind you, we've swatched some of them here). [1976, Vogue, volume 166, London: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 482:]
-
Swatching may seem like a tedious chore when you're trying the gauge for a commercial yarn. But when you've just dyed your first skein of handpainted yarn, you'll be more than eager to see what it looks like worked up into a pattern. [2010, Gail Callahan, “Show-off Patterns”, in Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece: Dip-Dyeing, Hand-Painting, Tie-Dyeing, and Other Creative Techniques, North Adams, Mass.: Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 159:]
-
When I first learned how to knit, it didn't occur to me that beads could be incorporated into knitting. […] I swatched and ripped, then swatched and ripped again—until I figured out how to get the beads to lie exactly where I wanted them to be. [2014, Laura Nelkin, “Beaded Beauties”, in Knockout Knits: New Tricks for Scarves, Hats, Jewelry, and Other Accessories, Potter Craft, Crown Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 17:]