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Prop - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Prop : (noun)
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]
(verb)
1: support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore
and buttress an old building" [syn: prop up, shore up,
shore]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Prop : \Prop\, n.
A shell, used as a die. See Props.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Prop |
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