chop – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of chop

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to chop down
Participle: chopped down
Gerund: chopping down

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ichop down
youchop down
he;she;itchops down
wechop down
youchop down
theychop down

Perfect

Ihave chopped down
youhave chopped down
he;she;ithas chopped down
wehave chopped down
youhave chopped down
theyhave chopped down

Past

Ichopped down
youchopped down
he;she;itchopped down
wechopped down
youchopped down
theychopped down

Pluperfect

Ihad chopped down
youhad chopped down
he;she;ithad chopped down
wehad chopped down
youhad chopped down
theyhad chopped down

Future

Iwill chop down
youwill chop down
he;she;itwill chop down
wewill chop down
youwill chop down
theywill chop down

Future Perfect

Iwill have chopped down
youwill have chopped down
he;she;itwill have chopped down
wewill have chopped down
youwill have chopped down
theywill have chopped down

Subjunctive

Present

Ichop down
youchop down
he;she;itchop down
wechop down
youchop down
theychop down

Perfect

Ihave chopped down
youhave chopped down
he;she;ithave chopped down
wehave chopped down
youhave chopped down
theyhave chopped down

Imperfect

Ichopped down
youchopped down
he;she;itchopped down
wechopped down
youchopped down
theychopped down

Pluperfect

Ihad chopped down
youhad chopped down
he;she;ithad chopped down
wehad chopped down
youhad chopped down
theyhad chopped down

Conditional

Present

Iwould chop down
youwould chop down
he;she;itwould chop down
wewould chop down
youwould chop down
theywould chop down

Perfect

Iwould have chopped down
youwould have chopped down
he;she;itwould have chopped down
wewould have chopped down
youwould have chopped down
theywould have chopped down

Imperative

youchop down
weLet's chop down
youchop down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam chopping down
youare chopping down
he;she;itis chopping down
weare chopping down
youare chopping down
theyare chopping down

Perfect

Ihave been chopping down
youhave been chopping down
he;she;ithas been chopping down
wehave been chopping down
youhave been chopping down
theyhave been chopping down

Past

Iwas chopping down
youwere chopping down
he;she;itwas chopping down
wewere chopping down
youwere chopping down
theywere chopping down

Pluperfect

Ihad been chopping down
youhad been chopping down
he;she;ithad been chopping down
wehad been chopping down
youhad been chopping down
theyhad been chopping down

Future

Iwill be chopping down
youwill be chopping down
he;she;itwill be chopping down
wewill be chopping down
youwill be chopping down
theywill be chopping down

Future Perfect

Iwill have been chopping down
youwill have been chopping down
he;she;itwill have been chopping down
wewill have been chopping down
youwill have been chopping down
theywill have been chopping down

Conditional

Present

Iwould be chopping down
youwould be chopping down
he;she;itwould be chopping down
wewould be chopping down
youwould be chopping down
theywould be chopping down

Perfect

Iwould have been chopping down
youwould have been chopping down
he;she;itwould have been chopping down
wewould have been chopping down
youwould have been chopping down
theywould have been chopping down

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'chop'

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 'chop'

chap, chip, chomp, chope, chops, chow, clop, coop, cop, crop,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to exchange goods or services without involving money
barter, dicker, exchange, swap, swop
cut
hack, fell, whack, hew, axe, saw, rend

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "to cut," 1362, perhaps from O.Fr. (Picard) choper, from O.Fr. coper "to cut off," from V.L. *cuppare "to decapitate," infl. by couper "to strike." Meaning "slice of meat" is c.1640; hence, chop-house (1690). Chopper, slang for "helicopter," dates from 1951, Korean War military slang. Meaning "stripped-down modified motorcycle" is from 1965.
2. From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic (cf. Swedish tjoff), or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”).
3. Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare also Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.
4. Compare French couper (“to chop”), Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, “to strike, cut”), Swedish and Norwegian kapa, kappa, kabba (“to chop/cut (off)”). See: Middle English 'choppen', Frisian, Saterlandic 'kappe', Dutch 'kappen', German, old spelling 'kappen'.

Verbs referencing "chop"

English chump, Dutch tjappen.

Sample Sentences

  • “ No ! ” said Tom, firmly. “ No ! good never comes of wickedness. I'd sooner chop my right hand off ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)