Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prod
Participle: prodded
Gerund: prodding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prod |
| you | prod |
| he;she;it | prods |
| we | prod |
| you | prod |
| they | prod |
Perfect
| I | have prodded |
| you | have prodded |
| he;she;it | has prodded |
| we | have prodded |
| you | have prodded |
| they | have prodded |
Past
| I | prodded |
| you | prodded |
| he;she;it | prodded |
| we | prodded |
| you | prodded |
| they | prodded |
Pluperfect
| I | had prodded |
| you | had prodded |
| he;she;it | had prodded |
| we | had prodded |
| you | had prodded |
| they | had prodded |
Future
| I | will prod |
| you | will prod |
| he;she;it | will prod |
| we | will prod |
| you | will prod |
| they | will prod |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prodded |
| you | will have prodded |
| he;she;it | will have prodded |
| we | will have prodded |
| you | will have prodded |
| they | will have prodded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prod |
| you | prod |
| he;she;it | prod |
| we | prod |
| you | prod |
| they | prod |
Perfect
| I | have prodded |
| you | have prodded |
| he;she;it | have prodded |
| we | have prodded |
| you | have prodded |
| they | have prodded |
Imperfect
| I | prodded |
| you | prodded |
| he;she;it | prodded |
| we | prodded |
| you | prodded |
| they | prodded |
Pluperfect
| I | had prodded |
| you | had prodded |
| he;she;it | had prodded |
| we | had prodded |
| you | had prodded |
| they | had prodded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prod |
| you | would prod |
| he;she;it | would prod |
| we | would prod |
| you | would prod |
| they | would prod |
Perfect
| I | would have prodded |
| you | would have prodded |
| he;she;it | would have prodded |
| we | would have prodded |
| you | would have prodded |
| they | would have prodded |
Imperative
| you | prod |
| we | Let's prod |
| you | prod |
Verbs conjugated like 'prod'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prod'
plod,
pod,
proc,
prog,
prop,
rod,
trod,
3rd,
apron,
brad,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- push
- impel, goad, provoke, incite, shove, nudge, job, prompt
Antonyms
- push
- pull, drag, draw, retreat
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1535, "to poke with a stick," possibly a variant of brod, from M.E. brodden "to goad," from O.N. broddr "shaft, spike" (see brad), or perhaps onomatopoeic. Fig. sense is recorded from 1871. The noun is recorded from 1802.
2. Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism.
Sample Sentences
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Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories. [2012 January 26, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86:]