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