Definitions for prop
prɒpprop

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. propnoun

   a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling

2. property, propnoun

   any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

   "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"

3. airplane propeller, airscrew, propverb

   a propeller that rotates to push against air

4. prop up, prop, shore up, shoreverb

   support by placing against something solid or rigid

   "shore and buttress an old building"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Propnoun

   A support; a stay; that on which any thing rests.

   Etymology: proppe, Dutch.

   The boy was the very staff of my age, my very prop. Sha.

   You take my house, when you do take the prop
   That doth sustain my house; you take my life,
   When you do take the means whereby I live. William Shakespeare.

   Some plants creep along the ground, or wind about other trees or props, and cannot support themselves. Francis Bacon.

   That he might on many props repose,
   He strengths his own, and who his part did take. Daniel.

   Again, if by the body’s prop we stand,
   If on the body’s life, her life depend,
   As Meleager’s on the fatal brand,
   The body’s good she only would intend. Davies.

   Fairest unsupported flower
   From her best prop so far. John Milton.

   The current of his vict’ries found no stop,
   Till Cromwell came, his party’s chiefest prop. Edmund Waller.

   ’Twas a considerable time before the great fragments that fell rested in a firm posture; for the props and stays, whereby they leaned one upon another, often failed. Burnet.

   The props return
   Into thy house, that bore the burden’d vines. Dryden.

2. To Propverb

   Etymology: proppen, Dutch.

   1. To support by something placed under or against.

   What we by day
   Lop overgrown, or prop, or bind,
   One night derides. John Milton.

   2. To support by standing under or against.

   Like these earth unsupported keeps its place,
   Though no fixt bottom props the weighty mass. Thomas Creech.

   Eternal snows the growing mass supply,
   Till the bright mountains prop th’ incumbent sky;
   As Atlas fix’d each hoary pile appears. Alexander Pope.

   3. To sustain; to support.

   The nearer I find myself verging to that period, which is to be labour and sorrow, the more I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prop

   A prop, formally known as (theatrical) property, is an object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production. In practical terms, a prop is considered to be anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinct from the actors, scenery, costumes, and electrical equipment.

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1. prop

   A prop, in general terms, refers to an object used on the stage or on screen by actors during a performance. In different contexts, it can also represent support or backing for something or someone. Additionally, in aeronautics, a 'prop' can be a short form of 'propeller' of an aircraft. So, the exact definition may vary depending on the context in which the term is used.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Propnoun

   a shell, used as a die. See Props

2. Propverb

   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

3. Prop

   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

4. Etymology: [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. prop stopple, stopper, cork, Sw. propp, G. pfropf. See Prop, v.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prop

   prop, n. anything on which a weight rests for support: a support: a stay.—v.t. to keep from falling by means of something placed under or against: to support or to sustain in any way:—pr.p. prop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. propped.—n. Prop′page. [Allied to Sw. propp, Ger. propf, a stopper; some connect also with Ger. pfropf, a graft—L. propago, a set, layer.]

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1. PROP

   What does PROP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PROP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Object
   • Support

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1. ropp

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prop in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of prop in a Sentence

1. Jim Carafano:

   The problem is, when you buy oil from Venezuela, essentially what you're doing is you're putting dollars in to prop up the economy and more entrench the Maduro regime, and at the same time, the only reason why this regime is existing at all, is on life support, is because of support from the Chinese, the Russians and the Cubans. So you have really the most detestable regime in Latin America that’s basically subsisting on these external actors.

2. Lisa Torraco:

   In the affidavits it states that my client grabbed the gun off of a prop cart and handed it to Baldwin, that absolutely did not happen.

3. Carl Sagan:

   Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science?

4. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

   That makes me absolutely certain I'm right if the secretary of state thinks that, iSIS is simply not being attacked by Russia. Russia is in Syria along with Iran to prop up (President Bashar) Assad.

5. Steven Mnuchin:

   Venezuela's oil... should not be used as a bargaining tool to prop up dictators and prolong the usurpation of Venezuelan democracy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prop
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prop
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prop
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prop
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=prop