trow – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of trow

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to trow
Participle: trowed
Gerund: trowing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itrow
youtrow
he;she;ittrows
wetrow
youtrow
theytrow

Perfect

Ihave trowed
youhave trowed
he;she;ithas trowed
wehave trowed
youhave trowed
theyhave trowed

Past

Itrowed
youtrowed
he;she;ittrowed
wetrowed
youtrowed
theytrowed

Pluperfect

Ihad trowed
youhad trowed
he;she;ithad trowed
wehad trowed
youhad trowed
theyhad trowed

Future

Iwill trow
youwill trow
he;she;itwill trow
wewill trow
youwill trow
theywill trow

Future Perfect

Iwill have trowed
youwill have trowed
he;she;itwill have trowed
wewill have trowed
youwill have trowed
theywill have trowed

Subjunctive

Present

Itrow
youtrow
he;she;ittrow
wetrow
youtrow
theytrow

Perfect

Ihave trowed
youhave trowed
he;she;ithave trowed
wehave trowed
youhave trowed
theyhave trowed

Imperfect

Itrowed
youtrowed
he;she;ittrowed
wetrowed
youtrowed
theytrowed

Pluperfect

Ihad trowed
youhad trowed
he;she;ithad trowed
wehad trowed
youhad trowed
theyhad trowed

Conditional

Present

Iwould trow
youwould trow
he;she;itwould trow
wewould trow
youwould trow
theywould trow

Perfect

Iwould have trowed
youwould have trowed
he;she;itwould have trowed
wewould have trowed
youwould have trowed
theywould have trowed

Imperative

youtrow
weLet's trow
youtrow

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam trowing
youare trowing
he;she;itis trowing
weare trowing
youare trowing
theyare trowing

Perfect

Ihave been trowing
youhave been trowing
he;she;ithas been trowing
wehave been trowing
youhave been trowing
theyhave been trowing

Past

Iwas trowing
youwere trowing
he;she;itwas trowing
wewere trowing
youwere trowing
theywere trowing

Pluperfect

Ihad been trowing
youhad been trowing
he;she;ithad been trowing
wehad been trowing
youhad been trowing
theyhad been trowing

Future

Iwill be trowing
youwill be trowing
he;she;itwill be trowing
wewill be trowing
youwill be trowing
theywill be trowing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been trowing
youwill have been trowing
he;she;itwill have been trowing
wewill have been trowing
youwill have been trowing
theywill have been trowing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be trowing
youwould be trowing
he;she;itwould be trowing
wewould be trowing
youwould be trowing
theywould be trowing

Perfect

Iwould have been trowing
youwould have been trowing
he;she;itwould have been trowing
wewould have been trowing
youwould have been trowing
theywould have been trowing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'trow'

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 'trow'

brow, crow, grow, row, throw, tow, trod, trog, trot, trowl,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. treowian "to trust, believe," from treow "faith, belief," from P.Gmc. *truwian (see true). Cognate with Ger. trauen.
2. From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, trouen, from Old English trēowan, trīewan (“to trust”) and Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”); both from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”).
3. Akin to Scots trow, trew (“to believe, trust, confide in, prove”), Dutch trouwen (“to wed, marry”), German trauen (“to trust, marry”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish tro (“to believe, think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tru (“to believe, think”), Icelandic trúa (“to trust, believe, believe in”). See: Middle English 'trowen', Proto-Germanic '*trūwāną', Dutch 'trouwen', German, old spelling 'trauen', Swedish 'tro', Norwegian, nynorsk 'tru', Icelandic 'trúa'.

Verbs referencing "trow"

Danish tro, Norwegian tro, Norwegian, nynorsk tru.

Sample Sentences

  • ...Sure (he said) my wife shall never know
  • Of this escape, and if she do, I know the worst I trow
  • She can but chide, shall feare of chiding make me to forslow? [1567, Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamorphoses; Bk. 2 lines 527-9]
  • Finding me stick to her still like wax, for my mettle was up as hers was, away she flew with me swifter than ever I went before, or since, I trow. [1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter X, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC:]
  • "And as their valour, so you trow, defied
  • on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore,
  • so many changing skies their manhood tried,
  • such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar[.]" [1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume I, page 23:]
  • But was the matter allowed to end there? I trow not. [1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 6:]