ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOUSE
Old English lūs; related to Old High German, Old Norse lūs.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LOUSE
PRESENT
Present
I louse
you louse
he/she/it louses
we louse
you louse
they louse
Present continuous
I am lousing
you are lousing
he/she/it is lousing
we are lousing
you are lousing
they are lousing
Present perfect
I have loused
you have loused
he/she/it has loused
we have loused
you have loused
they have loused
Present perfect continuous
I have been lousing
you have been lousing
he/she/it has been lousing
we have been lousing
you have been lousing
they have been lousing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I loused
you loused
he/she/it loused
we loused
you loused
they loused
Past continuous
I was lousing
you were lousing
he/she/it was lousing
we were lousing
you were lousing
they were lousing
Past perfect
I had loused
you had loused
he/she/it had loused
we had loused
you had loused
they had loused
Past perfect continuous
I had been lousing
you had been lousing
he/she/it had been lousing
we had been lousing
you had been lousing
they had been lousing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will louse
you will louse
he/she/it will louse
we will louse
you will louse
they will louse
Future continuous
I will be lousing
you will be lousing
he/she/it will be lousing
we will be lousing
you will be lousing
they will be lousing
Future perfect
I will have loused
you will have loused
he/she/it will have loused
we will have loused
you will have loused
they will have loused
Future perfect continuous
I will have been lousing
you will have been lousing
he/she/it will have been lousing
we will have been lousing
you will have been lousing
they will have been lousing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would louse
you would louse
he/she/it would louse
we would louse
you would louse
they would louse
Conditional continuous
I would be lousing
you would be lousing
he/she/it would be lousing
we would be lousing
you would be lousing
they would be lousing
Conditional perfect
I would have louse
you would have louse
he/she/it would have louse
we would have louse
you would have louse
they would have louse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been lousing
you would have been lousing
he/she/it would have been lousing
we would have been lousing
you would have been lousing
they would have been lousing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you louse
we let´s louse
you louse
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
lousing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOUSE»
The term «louse» is regularly used and occupies the
68.774 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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5 QUOTES WITH «LOUSE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
louse.
A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.
We are a government of laws. Any laws some government hack can find to louse up a man who's down.
A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.
Charles Jules Henry Nicole
I finally demonstrated that typhus infection is not hereditary in the louse.
Charles Jules Henry Nicole
Just as the only reservoir for the typhus virus in nature is provided by man, so the only vector of infection is the louse. The bite of the louse is not virulent immediately after the infecting meal. It becomes so only towards the 7th day following infection.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOUSE»
Discover the use of
louse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
louse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
There's a
Louse in My House
A girl describes what she and her mother do to get rid of the lice they find in her hair.
The valet and reluctant confidant to a Howard Hughes-like tycoon, Herman Louse discovers that his compulsive employer's carefully constructed environment is threatened by a conspiracy that may end in his freedom. A first novel.
3
Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon's Army & ...
Chronicles the insects, worms and spiders that have tormented humankind for centures. By the best-selling author of Wicked Plants.
4
History of a French
Louse: Or the Spy of a New Species, in ...
Or the Spy of a New Species, in France and England: Containing a Description of
the Most Remarkable Personages in Those Kingdoms. ... Translated from the
Fourth Edition of the Revised and Corrected Paris Copy Delauney. " name over
all ...
5
Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Lice Hosts Suborder Amblycera Family Boopiidae: Heterodoxus spiniger Dog,
other carnivores Family Gyropidae: Slender guineapig louse, Gliricola porcelli
Guinea pig Oval guineapig louse,Gyropus ovalis Guinea pig Family
Menoponidae: ...
Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden, 2009
This updated edition asks some great questions. What is a nit? How long does a head louse live? Why do head lice need to live in people's hair?
Karen Hartley, Chris Macro, Philip Taylor, 2006
7
Pests: A Guide to the World's Most Maligned, yet ...
There are more than 5,000 species of louse and several of them are considered
to be pests of humans or livestock (see sidebar). Two species feed directly on
humans: Pediculus humanus (which is divided into two subspecies: the head
louse, ...
8
Parasites of the Colder Climates
In contrast to the head louse, the body louse is an extremely important vector of
human-pathogenic microorganisms. In Russia, louse-transmitted diseases have
caused more deaths than any other infectious disease in recent centuries ...
Hannah Akuffo, Inger Ljungstr”m, Ewert Linder, 2003
9
Vector- and Rodent-Borne Diseases in Europe and North ...
Of the 200 or so species of sucking lice, only three infest man: the body louse,
Pediculus humanus, the head louse, P. capitis and the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis
(also known as the crab louse). Only the body louse is a vector of disease.
(Syn: pediculosis) Definition/overview Infestations with lice probably affect all
sheep-producing countries but they cause production concerns only in Australia
and New Zealand, where the body louse Bovicola ovis reduces fleece quality.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOUSE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
louse is used in the context of the following news items.
Crawford County Fair Department 9, Grains - Telegraph-Forum
Kohlrabi (two): Louse Frombaugh, Sycamore. Head lettuce (one): Lucille Dunn. Leaf lettuce: Fred Hendricks. Sweet peppers (three): Tom ... «Bucyrus Telegraph Forum, Jul 15»
Answer to August 2015 Photo Quiz
Borrelia is a Gram-negative bacterium (0.2 to 0.5 μm by 5 to 20 μm) which causes tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) and louse-borne relapsing fever. Symptoms ... «Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Jul 15»
Microwave your moccasins
According to Dr Biffin, shearers could transmit lice on their moccasins, hence it was important to identify if they had worked on a louse-infested ... «The Land Newspaper, Jul 15»
Gary Ralston's restaurant review: Balgarth Pines, 8 Dunure Road …
Sorry to be the louse in your bonnet, Balgarth but it isn't nit-picking to suggest the laziness and lack of attention to detail that characterised our ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE: All the gold in California?
This microscopic root louse is infamous for having decimated the wine industry in France and has also done considerable damage in California ... «Bucks Local News, Jul 15»
Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries
Is it in fact a louse or a tic, and is it dangerous? Ruth Marshall Raheen Wood, Co Clare. My daughter photographed a white crab spider on a ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Marine Harvest confident of 'zero lice' target
This has resulted in that we haven't needed to de-louse for several years now,” he said, adding: “We're now working to achieve the same result ... «IntraFish.com, Jul 15»
Under the Dome: "Alaska" Review
... broads, etc - that one wondered why Barbie couldn't pick up on the overt signals that this guy was a louse (yeah, we were being led to think ... «IGN, Jul 15»
Pips not so much squeaking as screaming for the squeezed middle …
It is there that Scotland's Bard could have this week witnessed those lines from To a Louse come alive. Let me introduce to you a woman of a ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
Some animals' internal clocks follow a different drummer
The speckled sea louse Eurydice pulchra follows tidal rhythms so it knows when to burrow deep into the sand to avoid being swept out to sea ... «Science News, Jul 15»
