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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prop \Prop\, n. A shell, used as a die. See {Props}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prop n 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: rotates to push against air [syn: {airplane propeller}, {airscrew}] v : support by placing against something solid or rigid [syn: {prop up}, {shore up}]
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