prop
1to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
to rest (a thing) against a support: He propped his cane against the wall.
to support or sustain (often followed by up).
a stick, rod, pole, beam, or other rigid support.
a person or thing serving as a support or stay: His father is his financial prop.
Origin of prop
1Other words for prop
Other words from prop
- un·propped, adjective
Other definitions for prop (2 of 5)
Origin of prop
2Other words from prop
- propless, adjective
Other definitions for prop (3 of 5)
a propeller.
Origin of prop
3Other definitions for prop- (4 of 5)
a combining form representing propionic acid in compound words: propanil.
Other definitions for prop. (5 of 5)
properly.
property.
proposition.
proprietary.
proprietor.
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How to use prop in a sentence
They see themselves being set up as a sacrifice for a U.S. policy meant to prop up Iraq.
An important enabler of this abuse is the shrugs of the untouched, whose rising shoulders prop up the toxic world.
Zelda Williams Is the Latest to Leave Twitter Because of Ugly Attacks | Tauriq Moosa | August 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the business of science, medicine, and faith itself is to restore or at least to prop up hope, that most complex vapor.
The Central Bank of Russia spent $25.8 billion to prop up the ruble.
Russia’s Ace in the Hole: a Super-Missile It Can Sell to Iran | Eli Lake | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRussia is pouring massive sums of money and arms into Syria to prop up Assad.
Must one, even in this desolate place, kow-tow to the conventions devised to prop up the weak and untrustworthy?
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairThe immortal creations of the chisel were used to prop up old crumbling walls.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordSometimes she will wear both ruff and collar, the ruff underneath to prop up her collar at the back to the required modish angle.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropBut it is of first importance quickly to gather and prop up the dead.
Unexplored Spain | Abel ChapmanYou can prop up the wagon and carry the wheel there on horseback.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High | Leslie W. Quirk
British Dictionary definitions for prop (1 of 3)
/ (prɒp) /
(tr) to support with a rigid object, such as a stick
(tr usually also foll by against) to place or lean
(tr) to sustain or support
(intr) Australian and NZ to stop suddenly or unexpectedly
something that gives rigid support, such as a stick
a person or thing giving support, as of a moral or spiritual nature
rugby either of the forwards at either end of the front row of a scrum
Origin of prop
1British Dictionary definitions for prop (2 of 3)
/ (prɒp) /
short for property (def. 8)
British Dictionary definitions for prop (3 of 3)
/ (prɒp) /
an informal word for propeller
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Other Idioms and Phrases with prop
see knock the bottom (props) out from.
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