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Definition of 'prop up'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) prop up, prop, shore up, shore
support by placing against something solid or rigid
"shore and buttress an old building"

Definition of 'prop up'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) prop up
to support sth that is falling by putting sth under it
The roof was propped up with a few bamboo poles.

2. prop up
to help an organization that is very close to failure
a bank that was propped up by government funds

Translation of 'prop up'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to support (something) in an upright position, or stop it from falling We had to prop up the roof; He propped himself up against the wall.
Afrikaans: ophou, steun, leun	Arabic: يَسْنِد، يَدْعَم	Bulgarian: поддържам
Brazilian: escorar(-se)	Czech: podepřít, opřít	German: abstützen
Danish: støtte	Greek: στηρίζω, (υπο)στυλώνω	Spanish: sostener, apuntalar
Estonian: püsti hoidma, ülal hoidma	Farsi: نگه داشتن	Finnish: pönkittää
French: appuyer	Hebrew: לִתמוֹך בְּ-	Hindi: सहायता देना
Hungarian: megtámaszt	Indonesian: menopang	Icelandic: styðja, skorða, skjóta st
Italian: reggere, reggersi	Japanese: ささえる	Korean: 떠받치다
Lithuanian: pa(si)remti, apramstyti	Latvian: []balstīt; balstīties, at	Malay: menopang
Dutch: ondersteunen	Norwegian: støtte opp	Polish: podeprzeć, oprzeć
Persian: نگه داشتن	Pashto: ساتل	Portuguese: apoiar(-se)
Romanian: a (se) sprijini	Russian: подпирать; опираться	Slovak: podoprieť, oprieť
Slovenian: podpreti	Serbian: podupreti	Swedish: stötta (palla) upp
Thai: ค้ำ; ยัน	Turkish: desteklemek, dayamak	Taiwanese: 支撐
Ukrainian: підпирати	Urdu: سہارا دينا	Vietnamese: chống; dựa
Chinese: 支撑
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