Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prop sth up
Participle: propped sth up
Gerund: propping sth up
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prop sth up |
| you | prop sth up |
| he;she;it | props sth up |
| we | prop sth up |
| you | prop sth up |
| they | prop sth up |
Perfect
| I | have propped sth up |
| you | have propped sth up |
| he;she;it | has propped sth up |
| we | have propped sth up |
| you | have propped sth up |
| they | have propped sth up |
Past
| I | propped sth up |
| you | propped sth up |
| he;she;it | propped sth up |
| we | propped sth up |
| you | propped sth up |
| they | propped sth up |
Pluperfect
| I | had propped sth up |
| you | had propped sth up |
| he;she;it | had propped sth up |
| we | had propped sth up |
| you | had propped sth up |
| they | had propped sth up |
Future
| I | will prop sth up |
| you | will prop sth up |
| he;she;it | will prop sth up |
| we | will prop sth up |
| you | will prop sth up |
| they | will prop sth up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have propped sth up |
| you | will have propped sth up |
| he;she;it | will have propped sth up |
| we | will have propped sth up |
| you | will have propped sth up |
| they | will have propped sth up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prop sth up |
| you | prop sth up |
| he;she;it | prop sth up |
| we | prop sth up |
| you | prop sth up |
| they | prop sth up |
Perfect
| I | have propped sth up |
| you | have propped sth up |
| he;she;it | have propped sth up |
| we | have propped sth up |
| you | have propped sth up |
| they | have propped sth up |
Imperfect
| I | propped sth up |
| you | propped sth up |
| he;she;it | propped sth up |
| we | propped sth up |
| you | propped sth up |
| they | propped sth up |
Pluperfect
| I | had propped sth up |
| you | had propped sth up |
| he;she;it | had propped sth up |
| we | had propped sth up |
| you | had propped sth up |
| they | had propped sth up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prop sth up |
| you | would prop sth up |
| he;she;it | would prop sth up |
| we | would prop sth up |
| you | would prop sth up |
| they | would prop sth up |
Perfect
| I | would have propped sth up |
| you | would have propped sth up |
| he;she;it | would have propped sth up |
| we | would have propped sth up |
| you | would have propped sth up |
| they | would have propped sth up |
Imperative
| you | prop sth up |
| we | Let's prop sth up |
| you | prop sth up |
Verbs conjugated like 'prop'
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 'prop'
crop,
drop,
plop,
poop,
pop,
prep,
proc,
prod,
prog,
apron,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. "support," 1440, from M.Du.
proppe "vine prop, support," of unknown origin. Related to O.H.G.
pfropfo, Ger.
pfropfen "to prop," perhaps from L.
propago "a set, layer of a plant" (see propagation). Ir.
propa, Gael.
prop are from English. The verb meaning "to support" is attested from 1492.
2. From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”). See: German, old spelling '
Pfropfen'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and go about with plasters in various places. The baker is ill, and so is the pastry-cook. A new man, horribly indisposed, has been required to fill the place of the latter officer; and has been propped and jammed up with empty casks in a little house upon deck, and commanded to roll out pie-crust, which he protests (being highly bilious ) it is death to him to look at. News! A dozen murders on [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the worst let in the wind and rain through wide breaches in the roofs of sodden grass, and in the walls of mud; some had neither door nor window; some had nearly fallen down, and were imperfectly propped up by stakes and poles; all were ruinous and filthy. Hideously ugly old women and very buxom young ones, pigs, dogs, men, children, babies, pots, kettles, dung-hills, vile refuse, rank straw, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)