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Prop v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propped p. pr. & vb. n. Propping.] 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.
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.
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: a propeller that rotates to push against air [syn: airplane
propeller, airscrew]
v : support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore
and buttress an old building" [syn: prop up, shore up,
shore]
[also: propping, propped]