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fer·ule F0087500 (fĕr′əl) n. An instrument, such as a cane, stick, or flat piece of wood, used in punishing children. tr.v. fer·uled, fer·ul·ing, fer·ules To punish with a ferule.
[Middle English ferul, giant fennel stalk, rod, cane, from Latin ferula; see fescue.] ferule (ˈfɛruːl; -rəl) n (Mechanical Engineering) a flat piece of wood, such as a ruler, used in some schools to cane children on the handvb (tr) rare to punish with a ferule[C16: from Latin ferula giant fennel, whip, rod; the stalk of the plant was used for punishment]
ferule (ˈfɛruːl; -rəl) n a variant spelling of ferrulefer•ule (ˈfɛr əl, -ul)
n., v. -uled, -ul•ing. n. 1. Also, fer•u•la (ˈfɛr ʊ lə, ˈfɛr yʊ-) a rod, cane, or flat piece of wood for punishing children. v.t. 2. to punish with a ferule. [1375–1425; late Middle English ferula, ferul(e) giant fennel < Latin ferula schoolmaster's rod] ferule
Past participle: feruled
Gerund: feruling
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| I ferule | | you ferule | | he/she/it ferules | | we ferule | | you ferule | | they ferule |
| Preterite |
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| I feruled | | you feruled | | he/she/it feruled | | we feruled | | you feruled | | they feruled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am feruling | | you are feruling | | he/she/it is feruling | | we are feruling | | you are feruling | | they are feruling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have feruled | | you have feruled | | he/she/it has feruled | | we have feruled | | you have feruled | | they have feruled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was feruling | | you were feruling | | he/she/it was feruling | | we were feruling | | you were feruling | | they were feruling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had feruled | | you had feruled | | he/she/it had feruled | | we had feruled | | you had feruled | | they had feruled |
| Future |
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| I will ferule | | you will ferule | | he/she/it will ferule | | we will ferule | | you will ferule | | they will ferule |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have feruled | | you will have feruled | | he/she/it will have feruled | | we will have feruled | | you will have feruled | | they will have feruled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be feruling | | you will be feruling | | he/she/it will be feruling | | we will be feruling | | you will be feruling | | they will be feruling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been feruling | | you have been feruling | | he/she/it has been feruling | | we have been feruling | | you have been feruling | | they have been feruling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been feruling | | you will have been feruling | | he/she/it will have been feruling | | we will have been feruling | | you will have been feruling | | they will have been feruling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been feruling | | you had been feruling | | he/she/it had been feruling | | we had been feruling | | you had been feruling | | they had been feruling |
| Conditional |
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| I would ferule | | you would ferule | | he/she/it would ferule | | we would ferule | | you would ferule | | they would ferule |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have feruled | | you would have feruled | | he/she/it would have feruled | | we would have feruled | | you would have feruled | | they would have feruled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | ferule - a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish childrenswitch - a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment |
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