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prop

prɑp
WordNet
Model of an optical telegraph on a base shelf, incomplete. It consists of a propped mast with a short gallows at the top. There are rungs between two of the four struts to climb the mast. With pulleys in the struts of the gallows, two wooden wings are moved halfway up the mast; two other signals that are now missing, probably balls, are hoisted up and down over discs in the gallows with hoists. The wings are mounted on a metal ring, which can rotate freely around the mast: by means of a rod the ring with wings can rotate, so that they stand in a different communication line. Scale 1:27 (scale on model).
Model of an optical telegraph on a base shelf, incomplete. It consists of a propped mast with a short gallows at the top. There are rungs between two of the four struts to climb the mast. With pulleys in the struts of the gallows, two wooden wings are moved halfway up the mast; two other signals that are now missing, probably balls, are hoisted up and down over discs in the gallows with hoists. The wings are mounted on a metal ring, which can rotate freely around the mast: by means of a rod the ring with wings can rotate, so that they stand in a different communication line. Scale 1:27 (scale on model).
  1. (v) prop
    support by placing against something solid or rigid "shore and buttress an old building"
  2. (n) prop
    a propeller that rotates to push against air
  3. (n) prop
    a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
  4. (n) prop
    any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"
Illustrations
Model of an optical telegraph, on a ground shelf. The device consists of two propped posts with an operating mechanism at the bottom and moving arms at the top. The main arm rotates on an axis between the posts and has two blades at the ends, which rotate independently. The operating mechanism moves completely analogous to the arms, its movement is transmitted to the axes of the moving parts with chains.
Model of an optical telegraph, on a ground shelf. The device consists of two propped posts with an operating mechanism at the bottom and moving arms at the top. The main arm rotates on an axis between the posts and has two blades at the ends, which rotate independently. The operating mechanism moves completely analogous to the arms, its movement is transmitted to the axes of the moving parts with chains.
Cartoon on the (non-existent) Committee of French Props, 1795. Members of the committee confiscate money and goods from the population. In the center, the French general François Joseph Léfebvre pulls the wig off a man's head. On the ground a list of all seized goods. In the background a covered wagon full of props, including the Stadtholder's Natural History Cabinet.
Cartoon on the (non-existent) Committee of French Props, 1795. Members of the committee confiscate money and goods from the population. In the center, the French general François Joseph Léfebvre pulls the wig off a man's head. On the ground a list of all seized goods. In the background a covered wagon full of props, including the Stadtholder's Natural History Cabinet.
Cartoon on the Committee of French Props, 1795. Members of the committee confiscate money and goods from the Dutch population. In the center, the French general François Joseph Léfebvre pulls the wig off a man's head. On the ground a list of all the goods seized, including '500 Boeufs hollandais' and 60000 'Fromages d'Edam'. In the background a covered wagon full of props, including the Stadtholder's Natural History Cabinet.
Cartoon on the Committee of French Props, 1795. Members of the committee confiscate money and goods from the Dutch population. In the center, the French general François Joseph Léfebvre pulls the wig off a man's head. On the ground a list of all the goods seized, including '500 Boeufs hollandais' and 60000 'Fromages d'Edam'. In the background a covered wagon full of props, including the Stadtholder's Natural History Cabinet.
Woman in traditional Czech clothing is seated on a sofa, propped up by two lovers. Print from the series Falbalas & Fanfreluches (1922-1926).
Woman in traditional Czech clothing is seated on a sofa, propped up by two lovers. Print from the series Falbalas & Fanfreluches (1922-1926).
Two putti playing with props on the left. On the right a woman leaning against a column, holding a wreath in one hand and a spear in the other. On the far left a palm tree. On the far right a beehive, symbol of the Amsterdam theater. Props are on the floor in front of the two putti. Including a crown, a harp and a trumpet.
Two putti playing with props on the left. On the right a woman leaning against a column, holding a wreath in one hand and a spear in the other. On the far left a palm tree. On the far right a beehive, symbol of the Amsterdam theater. Props are on the floor in front of the two putti. Including a crown, a harp and a trumpet.
Aaron and Hur propped up Moses' hands during the battle of the people of Israel against the Amalekites (Exodus 13: 7). Design for a painting.
Aaron and Hur propped up Moses' hands during the battle of the people of Israel against the Amalekites (Exodus 13: 7). Design for a painting.
On stage, a magician stands amid props and candles. For him the orchestra in the orchestra pit. There is a public in the hall and on the balconies.
On stage, a magician stands amid props and candles. For him the orchestra in the orchestra pit. There is a public in the hall and on the balconies.
Sheet with 6 performances about the mischievous boy Joris Prop. Above each performance a title and below each performance an eight-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 145.
Sheet with 6 performances about the mischievous boy Joris Prop. Above each performance a title and below each performance an eight-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 145.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Prop
    A shell, used as a die. See Props.
  2. 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. "Two props of virtue."
  3. Prop
    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.", "For being not propp'd by ancestry.", "I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) prop
    A stick, staff, pole, rod, beam, or other rigid thing used to sustain an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests for support; a support; a stay; a fulcrum: usually applied to something not forming a part of the object supported: as, a prop for vines; a prop for an old wall.
  2. (n) prop
    In botany, same as fulcrum, 3.
  3. (n) prop
    plural Legs.
  4. (n) prop
    Synonyms See staff.
  5. prop
    To support or prevent from falling by placing something under or against: as, to prop a roof or wall.
  6. prop
    To support by standing under or against: as, a pillar props a roof; beams prop a wall.
  7. prop
    To support or sustain in a general sense: as, to prop a failing cause.
  8. prop
    To help; assist.
  9. prop
    To stop or pull up suddenly; balk: said of a horse or other beast.
  10. (n) prop
    A shell used in the game of props. See props.
  11. (n) prop
    An abbreviation of proposition; properly.
  12. (n) prop
    An unexpected stop, as of a horse.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Prop
    prop anything on which a weight rests for support: a support: a stay
  2. (v.t) Prop
    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
Quotations
Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world.
Archimedes
I use many props. The props act as cue cards reminding me of what to say next.
Tom Ogden
Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of them.
Mark Twain
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 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

Usage in the news

First prop is for picking a woman with seriously sumptuous skin. nypost.com

The 2nd largest voting bloc in Arizona via independent voters supported Prop 121 – Top Two or Arizona Open Primary . tucsoncitizen.com

The Arizona Republic Recommends a "Yes" Vote on Prop 121. tucsoncitizen.com

Prop 32 would change organized labor 's influence on California's political process. scpr.org

If he disliked an article, he would prop the offending issue up against a tree and shoot it to bits. nytimes.com

), and it features an integrated prop-saver design. modelairplanenews.com

Defeat Prop 226 from Californians to Protect Employee Rights. ashingtonpost.com

A screen shot from a No on 30 commercial ( YouTube.com and the No on Prop 30 campaign / October 22, 2012 ). latimes.com

Idahoans voted to repeal Props 1, 2, and 3 by wide margins. kivitv.com

State Superintendent Visits Patrick Henry HS And Touts Prop 30. kpbs.org

Photographs by Reinhard Hunger, food styling by Alison Attenborough, prop styling by Corey Evans. nymag.com

Prop 37's labeling requirements are especially perplexing . sacbee.com

Props to a local filmmaker. miami.com

The Meatmen's Tesco Vee Counts Down His New Props, His Least Favorite Albums, And Why You Should See His Band. villagevoice.com

I read the entire 164-page transcript of this week's closing arguments for the Prop. motherjones.com

Usage in scientific papers

Wo, Prop. 8.3.1]) that there exists a Hermitian line bundle (L, h) → M and a metric connection ∇ on L whose curvature ΘL satisfies i 2 ΘL = ω .
Universality and scaling of zeros on symplectic manifolds

It is pointed out in [Fa2, Prop. 5.2] that χ(L) determines AL when it is semi-simple but not otherwise.
Analytic invariants of boundary links

For example, it follows from [Fa2, Prop. 2.5(c)] that χ is not sensitive to different extensions of the same modules.
Analytic invariants of boundary links

However, the analogous statement for k-association holds by an application of , Prop. 3 (ii).
Generalized pseudo-Riemannian geometry

Hence ˆRab satisfies the vacuum Einstein equations in the sense of 0-association (cf. the remarks after Prop. 18 in the revised version of ).
Generalized pseudo-Riemannian geometry

Usage in literature

But, at that moment, the horse propped and halted, and the reply was never finished. "The Watchers of the Plains" by Ridgewell Cullum

Propped up against them was the figure of an old man. "The Doomsman" by Van Tassel Sutphen

Far above him soared peaks and ridges, so many and high that they seemed to prop up the eternal blue. "The Great Sioux Trail" by Joseph Altsheler

That prop was knocked out. "The Battle with the Slum" by Jacob A. Riis

The bearded man snorted in disgust and hauled him to his feet, propping him against the outer wall. "Deathworld" by Harry Harrison

There, oldest of all, a yellow house stooped forward on the posts that propped it. "The Combined Maze" by May Sinclair

Into one of these was carried the helpless and enraged Red Bull, where he was propped up against a thwart. "The Rival Campers Ashore" by Ruel Perley Smith

Over this they had pitched the tent, using the rock for table, propping their dummies about it. "Rimrock Trail" by J. Allan Dunn

The door closed and the plane was whirling, catching them in its prop blast. "The Electronic Mind Reader" by John Blaine

It propped and then turned. "In the Musgrave Ranges" by Jim Bushman

Usage in poetry
Us propped en up
With stones and 'ood,
Us done our best,
But t'weren't no good.
"Old Cob Wall" by Cicely Fox Smith
The chair is ivory purest
Whereof he makes his bed;
The table is of marble
Whereon he props his head.
"Barbarossa" by Friedrich Ruckert Author object (223)
By faith I build my lasting hope
On righteousness divine,
Nor can I sink with such a prop,
Whatever storms combine.
"The Believer's Principles : Chap. IV." by Ralph Erskine Author object (545)
With me, youth led… I will speak now,
No longer watch you as you sit
Reading by fire-light, that great brow
And the spirit-small hand propping it,
Mutely, my heart knows how—-
"By The Fire-Side" by Robert Browning Author object (563)
Where with loud song the labourer tells
His love to maiden loitering nigh,
And in the fig—tree's wakening cells
The honeyed sweetness swarms and swells,
And mountains prop the spacious sky;
"Dedication To Lady Windsor" by Alfred Austin Author object (26)
Shelley dreamed it. Now the dream decays.
The props crumble; the familiar ways
Are stale with tears trodden underfoot.
The heart's flower withers at the root.
Bury it then, in history's sterile dust.
The slow years shall tame your tawny lust.
"Song at the Year's Turning" by R S Thomas