Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rope
Participle: roped
Gerund: roping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rope |
| you | rope |
| he;she;it | ropes |
| we | rope |
| you | rope |
| they | rope |
Perfect
| I | have roped |
| you | have roped |
| he;she;it | has roped |
| we | have roped |
| you | have roped |
| they | have roped |
Past
| I | roped |
| you | roped |
| he;she;it | roped |
| we | roped |
| you | roped |
| they | roped |
Pluperfect
| I | had roped |
| you | had roped |
| he;she;it | had roped |
| we | had roped |
| you | had roped |
| they | had roped |
Future
| I | will rope |
| you | will rope |
| he;she;it | will rope |
| we | will rope |
| you | will rope |
| they | will rope |
Future Perfect
| I | will have roped |
| you | will have roped |
| he;she;it | will have roped |
| we | will have roped |
| you | will have roped |
| they | will have roped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rope |
| you | rope |
| he;she;it | rope |
| we | rope |
| you | rope |
| they | rope |
Perfect
| I | have roped |
| you | have roped |
| he;she;it | have roped |
| we | have roped |
| you | have roped |
| they | have roped |
Imperfect
| I | roped |
| you | roped |
| he;she;it | roped |
| we | roped |
| you | roped |
| they | roped |
Pluperfect
| I | had roped |
| you | had roped |
| he;she;it | had roped |
| we | had roped |
| you | had roped |
| they | had roped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rope |
| you | would rope |
| he;she;it | would rope |
| we | would rope |
| you | would rope |
| they | would rope |
Perfect
| I | would have roped |
| you | would have roped |
| he;she;it | would have roped |
| we | would have roped |
| you | would have roped |
| they | would have roped |
Imperative
| you | rope |
| we | Let's rope |
| you | rope |
Verbs conjugated like 'rope'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rope'
cope,
dope,
grope,
hope,
lope,
mope,
nope,
ope,
pope,
rape,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English ropen, rope (“to form ropes”), from rop (“rope”); see above. See: Middle English '
ropen'.
Sample Sentences
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The robber roped the victims.
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The cowboy roped the calf.
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We roped down to the platform selected for the bivouac; set up our bags and brewed a reasonable meal. [1984, G. F. Dutton, The Ridiculous Mountains, page 153:]
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Let us not hang like roping icicles / Upon our houses' thatch. [1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:]
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Others, a shade more advanced, have been known to bribe a jockey to "hold," "rope" a horse, or a stableman to poison or stupefy him. [1882, Edwin Sharpe Grew, Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell, Arthur Cowper Ranyard, Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science (volume 1, page 132)]
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My life is a mess; I might as well rope.
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In figure 71, the poster Brahcel notes that he “almost roped” because he could not find the community […] [2019, Julia Rose DeCook, anonymous quotee, “Curating the Future: The Sustainability Practices of Online Hate Groups”, in Michigan State University, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2021, page 153:]
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ToxicAlcoholSyndrome explains that his, “dreams are all really depressing and vivid, so… I’m constantly in a bad mood and know in the back of my brain, I need to rope.” [2020 April 26, Joshua A. Segalewitz, “'You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board”, in University of Dayton, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023, page 36:]
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Another man wrote that the only reason he hasn't “roped” (incel terminology for death by suicide) is he didn't want to ruin his family's Christmas. [2021, Laura Bates, From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All, unnumbered page:]