Found 3 items, similar to propping.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: propping pengganjalan, penyanggaan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: propping 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] [also: propping, propped] prop v : support by placing against something solid or rigid; “shore and buttress an old building” [syn: prop up, shore up, shore] [also: propping, propped] propping See prop
English → English (gcide) Definition: Propping 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. [1913 Webster] Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky. --Pope. [1913 Webster] For being not propp'd by ancestry. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me. --Pope. [1913 Webster]