Prop

verb (used with object), propped, propping.
1.
to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up):
to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
2.
to rest (a thing) against a support:
He propped his cane against the wall.
3.
to support or sustain (often followed by up).
noun
4.
a stick, rod, pole, beam, or other rigid support.
5.
a person or thing serving as a support or stay:
His father is his financial prop.
noun, Theater.
1.
property (def 8).
noun
1.
a propeller.
1.
a combining form representing propionic acid in compound words:
propanil.
1.
properly.
2.
property.
3.
proposition.
4.
proprietary.
5.
proprietor.
verb props, propping, propped when tr, often foll by up
1.
(transitive) to support with a rigid object, such as a stick
2.
(transitive) usually also foll by against. to place or lean
3.
(transitive) to sustain or support
4.
(intransitive) (Austral & NZ) to stop suddenly or unexpectedly
noun
5.
something that gives rigid support, such as a stick
6.
a person or thing giving support, as of a moral or spiritual nature
7.
(rugby) either of the forwards at either end of the front row of a scrum
noun
1.
short for property (sense 8)
noun
1.
an informal word for propeller
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proper
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property
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proposition
4.
proprietor
5.
proprietress
see: knock the bottom (props) out from