Propping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky.
                                                    --Pope.
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           For being not propp'd by ancestry.       --Shak.
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           I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me.
                                                    --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prop
       n 1: a support placed beneath or against something to keep it
            from shaking or falling
       2: any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or
          movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of
          props" [syn: {property}]
       3: a propeller that rotates to push against air [syn: {airplane
          propeller}, {airscrew}]
       v : support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore
           and buttress an old building" [syn: {prop up}, {shore up},
            {shore}]
       [also: {propping}, {propped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  propping
       See {prop}