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[prop] 
verb, propped, prop⋅ping, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often fol. by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government. |
| 2. | to rest (a thing) against a support: He propped his cane against the wall. |
| 3. | to support or sustain (often fol. by up). |
–noun
| 4. | a stick, rod, pole, beam, or other rigid support. |
| 5. | a person or thing serving as a support or stay: His father is his financial prop. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME proppe (n.); c. MD proppe bottle stopper
1400–50; late ME proppe (n.); c. MD proppe bottle stopper
Synonyms:
1. brace, buttress, bolster.
1. brace, buttress, bolster.
prop
2 [prop] Origin:
1910–15; by shortening
1910–15; by shortening
Related forms:
propless, adjective
prop
3 [prop] –noun
| a propeller. |
Origin:
1910–15; by shortening
1910–15; by shortening
prop-
| a combining form representing propionic acid in compound words: propanil. |
prop.
prop⋅er⋅ty
[prop-er-tee] –noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire. |
| 2. | goods, land, etc., considered as possessions: The corporation is a means for the common ownership of property. |
| 3. | a piece of land or real estate: property on Main Street. |
| 4. | ownership; right of possession, enjoyment, or disposal of anything, esp. of something tangible: to have property in land. |
| 5. | something at the disposal of a person, a group of persons, or the community or public: The secret of the invention became common property. |
| 6. | an essential or distinctive attribute or quality of a thing: the chemical and physical properties of an element. |
| 7. | Logic.
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| 8. | Also called prop. a usually movable item, other than costumes or scenery, used on the set of a theater production, motion picture, etc.; any object handled or used by an actor in a performance. |
| 9. | a written work, play, movie, etc., bought or optioned for commercial production or distribution. |
| 10. | a person, esp. one under contract in entertainment or sports, regarded as having commercial value: an actor who was a hot property at the time. |
Origin:
1275–1325; ME proprete possession, attribute, what is one's own, equiv. to propre proper + -te -ty 2 . See propriety
1275–1325; ME proprete possession, attribute, what is one's own, equiv. to propre proper + -te -ty 2 . See propriety
Related forms:
prop⋅er⋅ty⋅less, noun
Synonyms:
1. belongings. Property, chattels, effects, estate, goods refer to what is owned. Property is the general word: She owns a great deal of property. He said that the umbrella was his property. Chattels is a term for pieces of personal property or movable possessions; it may be applied to livestock, automobiles, etc.: a mortgage on chattels. Effects is a term for any form of personal property, including even things of the least value: All his effects were insured against fire. Estate refers to property of any kind that has been, or is capable of being, handed down to descendants or otherwise disposed of in a will: He left most of his estate to his niece. It may consist of personal estate (money, valuables, securities, chattels, etc.), or real estate (land and buildings). Goods refers to household possessions or other movable property, esp. that comprising the stock in trade of a business: The store arranged its goods on shelves. 3. acreage. 6. feature. See quality.
1. belongings. Property, chattels, effects, estate, goods refer to what is owned. Property is the general word: She owns a great deal of property. He said that the umbrella was his property. Chattels is a term for pieces of personal property or movable possessions; it may be applied to livestock, automobiles, etc.: a mortgage on chattels. Effects is a term for any form of personal property, including even things of the least value: All his effects were insured against fire. Estate refers to property of any kind that has been, or is capable of being, handed down to descendants or otherwise disposed of in a will: He left most of his estate to his niece. It may consist of personal estate (money, valuables, securities, chattels, etc.), or real estate (land and buildings). Goods refers to household possessions or other movable property, esp. that comprising the stock in trade of a business: The store arranged its goods on shelves. 3. acreage. 6. feature. See quality.
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| prop 1 (prŏp) n.
To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up. [Middle English proppe, probably from Middle Dutch.] |
| prop 2 (prŏp) n. A theatrical property. |
| prop 3 (prŏp) n. Informal A propeller. |
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Prop\, n. A shell, used as a die. See Props.Prop
Prop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propped; p. pr. & vb. n. Propping.] [Akin to LG. & D. proppen to cram, stuff, thrust into, stop, G. pfropfen, Dan. proppe, Sw. proppa; of uncertain origin, cf. G. pfropfen to graft, fr. L. propago set, layer of a plant, slip, shoot. Cf. 3d. Prop, Propagate.] To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state. --Shak. Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky. --Pope. For being not propp'd by ancestry. --Shak. I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me. --Pope.Prop
Prop\, n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. prop stopple, stopper, cork, Sw. propp, G. pfropf. See Prop, v.] That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building. "Two props of virtue." --Shak.
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Language Translation for : Prop
Spanish:
puntal,
German:
die Stütze,
Japanese:
支柱
prop (n.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.
prop (n.2)
"object used in a play," 1911, from props (1841), shortened form of properties (in theatrical use from c.1425). Props as slang shortening for proper respects (or something similar) appeared c.1999.
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| prop propeller |
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