- 1. n. A shell, used as a die. See Props. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. 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. Source: opted
- 3. 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. Source: opted
- 4. n. a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling Source: wordnet
- 5. n. any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie Source: wordnet
- 6. n. a propeller that rotates to push against air Source: wordnet
- 7. v. support by placing against something solid or rigid Source: wordnet
- 8. A shell, used as a die. See Props. 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. 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. Source: webster
- 9. n:37/v:63 n. a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling Source: ecdict
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