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Prop Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Prop? [n] a propeller that rotates to push against air [n] a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling [n] any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" [v] support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Prop: airplane propeller \| airscrew \| prop up \| property \| shore \| shore up Related Terms \| Find terms related to Prop: See Also \| bolster \| custard pie \| hold \| hold up \| mise en scene \| pitprop \| propeller \| propeller plane \| propellor \| setting \| sprag \| stage setting \| stuff \| sundries \| sundry \| support \| support \| sustain \| whatchamacallit \| whatsis Prop In Webster's Dictionary \Prop\, n. A shell, used as a die. See {Props}. \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\, 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.

Prop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Prop?

[n] a propeller that rotates to push against air
[n] a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
[n] any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"
[v] support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"

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Prop In Webster's Dictionary

\Prop\, n.
A shell, used as a die. See {Props}.


\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\, 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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