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