rope – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of rope

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to rope sb in
Participle: roped sb in
Gerund: roping sb in

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Irope sb in
yourope sb in
he;she;itropes sb in
werope sb in
yourope sb in
theyrope sb in

Perfect

Ihave roped sb in
youhave roped sb in
he;she;ithas roped sb in
wehave roped sb in
youhave roped sb in
theyhave roped sb in

Past

Iroped sb in
youroped sb in
he;she;itroped sb in
weroped sb in
youroped sb in
theyroped sb in

Pluperfect

Ihad roped sb in
youhad roped sb in
he;she;ithad roped sb in
wehad roped sb in
youhad roped sb in
theyhad roped sb in

Future

Iwill rope sb in
youwill rope sb in
he;she;itwill rope sb in
wewill rope sb in
youwill rope sb in
theywill rope sb in

Future Perfect

Iwill have roped sb in
youwill have roped sb in
he;she;itwill have roped sb in
wewill have roped sb in
youwill have roped sb in
theywill have roped sb in

Subjunctive

Present

Irope sb in
yourope sb in
he;she;itrope sb in
werope sb in
yourope sb in
theyrope sb in

Perfect

Ihave roped sb in
youhave roped sb in
he;she;ithave roped sb in
wehave roped sb in
youhave roped sb in
theyhave roped sb in

Imperfect

Iroped sb in
youroped sb in
he;she;itroped sb in
weroped sb in
youroped sb in
theyroped sb in

Pluperfect

Ihad roped sb in
youhad roped sb in
he;she;ithad roped sb in
wehad roped sb in
youhad roped sb in
theyhad roped sb in

Conditional

Present

Iwould rope sb in
youwould rope sb in
he;she;itwould rope sb in
wewould rope sb in
youwould rope sb in
theywould rope sb in

Perfect

Iwould have roped sb in
youwould have roped sb in
he;she;itwould have roped sb in
wewould have roped sb in
youwould have roped sb in
theywould have roped sb in

Imperative

yourope sb in
weLet's rope sb in
yourope sb in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam roping sb in
youare roping sb in
he;she;itis roping sb in
weare roping sb in
youare roping sb in
theyare roping sb in

Perfect

Ihave been roping sb in
youhave been roping sb in
he;she;ithas been roping sb in
wehave been roping sb in
youhave been roping sb in
theyhave been roping sb in

Past

Iwas roping sb in
youwere roping sb in
he;she;itwas roping sb in
wewere roping sb in
youwere roping sb in
theywere roping sb in

Pluperfect

Ihad been roping sb in
youhad been roping sb in
he;she;ithad been roping sb in
wehad been roping sb in
youhad been roping sb in
theyhad been roping sb in

Future

Iwill be roping sb in
youwill be roping sb in
he;she;itwill be roping sb in
wewill be roping sb in
youwill be roping sb in
theywill be roping sb in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been roping sb in
youwill have been roping sb in
he;she;itwill have been roping sb in
wewill have been roping sb in
youwill have been roping sb in
theywill have been roping sb in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be roping sb in
youwould be roping sb in
he;she;itwould be roping sb in
wewould be roping sb in
youwould be roping sb in
theywould be roping sb in

Perfect

Iwould have been roping sb in
youwould have been roping sb in
he;she;itwould have been roping sb in
wewould have been roping sb in
youwould have been roping sb in
theywould have been roping sb in

Other

Verbs similar to 'rope'

cope, dope, grope, hope, lope, mope, nope, ope, pope, rape,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English ropen, rope (“to form ropes”), from rop (“rope”); see above. See: Middle English 'ropen'.

Sample Sentences

  • The robber roped the victims.
  • The cowboy roped the calf.
  • We roped down to the platform selected for the bivouac; set up our bags and brewed a reasonable meal. [1984, G. F. Dutton, The Ridiculous Mountains, page 153:]
  • Let us not hang like roping icicles / Upon our houses' thatch. [1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:]
  • Others, a shade more advanced, have been known to bribe a jockey to "hold," "rope" a horse, or a stableman to poison or stupefy him. [1882, Edwin Sharpe Grew, Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell, Arthur Cowper Ranyard, Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science (volume 1, page 132)]
  • My life is a mess; I might as well rope.
  • In figure 71, the poster Brahcel notes that he “almost roped” because he could not find the community […] [2019, Julia Rose DeCook, anonymous quotee, “Curating the Future: The Sustainability Practices of Online Hate Groups”, in Michigan State University, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2021, page 153:]
  • ToxicAlcoholSyndrome explains that his, “dreams are all really depressing and vivid, so… I’m constantly in a bad mood and know in the back of my brain, I need to rope.” [2020 April 26, Joshua A. Segalewitz, “'You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board”, in University of Dayton, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023, page 36:]
  • Another man wrote that the only reason he hasn't “roped” (incel terminology for death by suicide) is he didn't want to ruin his family's Christmas. [2021, Laura Bates, From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All, unnumbered page:]