prop

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: propertyairplane propellerairscrewprop upshore upshore

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  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”Synonyms: property
  3. a propeller that rotates to push against airSynonyms: airplane propellerairscrew

Verb (1)

  1. support by placing against something solid or rigid“shore and buttress an old building”Synonyms: prop upshore upshore
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster] Propaedeutic
Prop \Prop\, n. A shell, used as a die. See Props. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

For being not propp'd by ancestry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

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