Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to waulk
Participle: waulked
Gerund: waulking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | waulk |
| you | waulk |
| he;she;it | waulks |
| we | waulk |
| you | waulk |
| they | waulk |
Perfect
| I | have waulked |
| you | have waulked |
| he;she;it | has waulked |
| we | have waulked |
| you | have waulked |
| they | have waulked |
Past
| I | waulked |
| you | waulked |
| he;she;it | waulked |
| we | waulked |
| you | waulked |
| they | waulked |
Pluperfect
| I | had waulked |
| you | had waulked |
| he;she;it | had waulked |
| we | had waulked |
| you | had waulked |
| they | had waulked |
Future
| I | will waulk |
| you | will waulk |
| he;she;it | will waulk |
| we | will waulk |
| you | will waulk |
| they | will waulk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have waulked |
| you | will have waulked |
| he;she;it | will have waulked |
| we | will have waulked |
| you | will have waulked |
| they | will have waulked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | waulk |
| you | waulk |
| he;she;it | waulk |
| we | waulk |
| you | waulk |
| they | waulk |
Perfect
| I | have waulked |
| you | have waulked |
| he;she;it | have waulked |
| we | have waulked |
| you | have waulked |
| they | have waulked |
Imperfect
| I | waulked |
| you | waulked |
| he;she;it | waulked |
| we | waulked |
| you | waulked |
| they | waulked |
Pluperfect
| I | had waulked |
| you | had waulked |
| he;she;it | had waulked |
| we | had waulked |
| you | had waulked |
| they | had waulked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would waulk |
| you | would waulk |
| he;she;it | would waulk |
| we | would waulk |
| you | would waulk |
| they | would waulk |
Perfect
| I | would have waulked |
| you | would have waulked |
| he;she;it | would have waulked |
| we | would have waulked |
| you | would have waulked |
| they | would have waulked |
Imperative
| you | waulk |
| we | Let's waulk |
| you | waulk |
Verbs conjugated like 'waulk'
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 'waulk'
baulk,
caulk,
walk,
wauk,
waul,
balk,
bulk,
calk,
chaulk,
dauk,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian (“to roll up; muffle up”), from Proto-West Germanic *walkōn, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”).
2. Cognate with Scots waulk (“to full”), Dutch walken (“to full”), German walken (“to full”), Danish valke (“to full”), Swedish valka (“to full”). Doublet of walk. See: Middle English '
walken', Old English '
wealcian', Proto-Germanic '
*walkōną', Scots '
waulk', Dutch '
walken', German, old spelling '
walken', Danish '
valke', Swedish '
valka'.
Verbs referencing "waulk"
Manx
walk.
Sample Sentences
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The frame on which the cloth is waulked is a board some twelve to twenty-four feet long and about two feet broad, grooved lengthwise along its surface. [1900, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica, volume 1, page 310:]
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1992, Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber, Random House Group (Arrow Books), page 590,
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I hid a smile at the mention of wool waulking. Alone among the Highland farms, I was sure, the women of Lailybroch waulked their wool not only to the old traditional chants but also to the rhythms of Moliére and Piron.
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Here, we compare waulking songs and shanties to see how they operated in bringing women and men, respectively, into a sense of close alignment. [2013, Marek Korczynski, Michael Pickering, Emma Robertson, Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work in Britain, Cambridge University Press, page 97:]