Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prop up
Participle: propped up
Gerund: propping up
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prop up |
| you | prop up |
| he;she;it | props up |
| we | prop up |
| you | prop up |
| they | prop up |
Perfect
| I | have propped up |
| you | have propped up |
| he;she;it | has propped up |
| we | have propped up |
| you | have propped up |
| they | have propped up |
Past
| I | propped up |
| you | propped up |
| he;she;it | propped up |
| we | propped up |
| you | propped up |
| they | propped up |
Pluperfect
| I | had propped up |
| you | had propped up |
| he;she;it | had propped up |
| we | had propped up |
| you | had propped up |
| they | had propped up |
Future
| I | will prop up |
| you | will prop up |
| he;she;it | will prop up |
| we | will prop up |
| you | will prop up |
| they | will prop up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have propped up |
| you | will have propped up |
| he;she;it | will have propped up |
| we | will have propped up |
| you | will have propped up |
| they | will have propped up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prop up |
| you | prop up |
| he;she;it | prop up |
| we | prop up |
| you | prop up |
| they | prop up |
Perfect
| I | have propped up |
| you | have propped up |
| he;she;it | have propped up |
| we | have propped up |
| you | have propped up |
| they | have propped up |
Imperfect
| I | propped up |
| you | propped up |
| he;she;it | propped up |
| we | propped up |
| you | propped up |
| they | propped up |
Pluperfect
| I | had propped up |
| you | had propped up |
| he;she;it | had propped up |
| we | had propped up |
| you | had propped up |
| they | had propped up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prop up |
| you | would prop up |
| he;she;it | would prop up |
| we | would prop up |
| you | would prop up |
| they | would prop up |
Perfect
| I | would have propped up |
| you | would have propped up |
| he;she;it | would have propped up |
| we | would have propped up |
| you | would have propped up |
| they | would have propped up |
Imperative
| you | prop up |
| we | Let's prop up |
| you | prop 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)