CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCRAWM
PRESENT
Present
I scrawm
you scrawm
he/she/it scrawms
we scrawm
you scrawm
they scrawm
Present continuous
I am scrawming
you are scrawming
he/she/it is scrawming
we are scrawming
you are scrawming
they are scrawming
Present perfect
I have scrawmed
you have scrawmed
he/she/it has scrawmed
we have scrawmed
you have scrawmed
they have scrawmed
Present perfect continuous
I have been scrawming
you have been scrawming
he/she/it has been scrawming
we have been scrawming
you have been scrawming
they have been scrawming
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 scrawmed
you scrawmed
he/she/it scrawmed
we scrawmed
you scrawmed
they scrawmed
Past continuous
I was scrawming
you were scrawming
he/she/it was scrawming
we were scrawming
you were scrawming
they were scrawming
Past perfect
I had scrawmed
you had scrawmed
he/she/it had scrawmed
we had scrawmed
you had scrawmed
they had scrawmed
Past perfect continuous
I had been scrawming
you had been scrawming
he/she/it had been scrawming
we had been scrawming
you had been scrawming
they had been scrawming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will scrawm
you will scrawm
he/she/it will scrawm
we will scrawm
you will scrawm
they will scrawm
Future continuous
I will be scrawming
you will be scrawming
he/she/it will be scrawming
we will be scrawming
you will be scrawming
they will be scrawming
Future perfect
I will have scrawmed
you will have scrawmed
he/she/it will have scrawmed
we will have scrawmed
you will have scrawmed
they will have scrawmed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been scrawming
you will have been scrawming
he/she/it will have been scrawming
we will have been scrawming
you will have been scrawming
they will have been scrawming
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would scrawm
you would scrawm
he/she/it would scrawm
we would scrawm
you would scrawm
they would scrawm
Conditional continuous
I would be scrawming
you would be scrawming
he/she/it would be scrawming
we would be scrawming
you would be scrawming
they would be scrawming
Conditional perfect
I would have scrawm
you would have scrawm
he/she/it would have scrawm
we would have scrawm
you would have scrawm
they would have scrawm
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been scrawming
you would have been scrawming
he/she/it would have been scrawming
we would have been scrawming
you would have been scrawming
they would have been scrawming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you scrawm
we let´s scrawm
you scrawm
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
scrawming
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.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRAWM»
Discover the use of
scrawm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scrawm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Cy. Gnosr. (r1903 HS. add. (R) who. He was scrawming up a lamp— t (H.L.); Can
teh scrawm up withaht a steel Buns st. (r865). Lao. Just as here acrawmin' upo'
his back, BobbyI up wi' his heels, BRIIRLIY dedkpin, xii. teh-.1 Yay'r Ben's gotten
...
2
Leicestershire words, phrases, and proverbs
SCRAWK, ». To scream. ' Ye little scrawking thing !' ' What do ye scrawk for ?'
SCRAWM, v. To throw for a scramble. ' Scrawm a few marls;' i. e. marbles : —
also to scramble. SCROW, v. ) Mark or scratch. To ' scrota a cheese,' is to
SCROW, s.
Arthur Benoni Evans, 1848
3
A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative ...
Wb. Gl. Scrawm, v. n. 1. To make irregular marks with a pen, or other like
instrument, on paper or other surface. 2. To grope or feel about as if to find one's
way in the dark. Wedgwood's remark about scrawl — ' to scrawl or scroll is used
in two ...
John Christopher Atkinson, 1868
Scrawm=to scramble or scream (Norse); Scrawm thrush=the mistle thrush; Slub=
thin mud (Norse); Fleet=shallow (O.E.); Flitt'n dish=skimming dish used for milk;
Frem, used of lush vegetation (A.S. fremman, to advance, and Norse fram, ...
5
Tennyson Among the Poets: Bicentenary Essays
... my lad— Fur he scrawm'd an' scratted my faace like a cat, an' it maade 'er sa
mad That Sally she tum'd a tongue-banger, an' raated ma, 'Sottin' thy braains
Guzzlin' an' soakin' an' smoakin' an' hawmin' about i' the laanes, Soa sow-droonk
...
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Seamus Perry, 2009
6
A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire
Scrattin an scrapin, gathering together and saving carefully. Scrauk, a mark. " If
ye can't write yer naame, mak a scrauk." Scrawm, climb, as up trees. " Can teh
scrawm up withaht a stee?" Scrim, climb, as up a tree. Scrimidge, a skirmish ; a
little ...
William Stott Banks, 1865
Scrawlin' [skrau'lin], adj. low, mean; e.g., “a lot 0' scrawlin' Scrawm [skrau'm], an.
to scramble. folks.” See SGRAWL (1). “Yay'r Ben's gotten i' the hosswesh. Ah
seed him scrawmin' up th' bon ” [Yai'r Ben)z got-n i dh1'1 OS'-wesh. Ah séed im ...
English Dialect Society, 1887
... Jesse Katz, Ann Lien, Sue McAllister, Mary Melton, Eric Mercado, Kari Mozena,
Steve Oney, Matthew Segal, RJ Smith, Karen Wada MAY 2005 LOS ANGELES
99 A scrawm; blond-haired first grader with huge tortoise-shell glasses, Cottrell.
9
The Bed-Book of Happiness
... over the scrawl," i.e. the line of sobriety), and scrawm, and slape, and snigger,
and slive ("I see that _shack a-sliving and a_-skulking about"), and slare,
and_slawmy_, and sneck, and snoozle, and spank, and stodge, and stunt, and
swish.
10
Newfoundland and Labrador English
... scrawm (cf. scramaim) 'to reach for, grope'; scrob (scrabaim) 'to scratch';
sharoosed (searbhas) 'disgusted, surprised'; shaugraun (seachran) 'drifting/
vagabond state, drinking spree'; shebeen (si'bi'n) 'unlicensed place where illicit
liquor is ...
