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Noun prop has 3 senses
- prop - a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
--1 is a kind of deference, respect; support; deference, respect; support
--1 has particulars: pitprop, sprag
- property, 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"
--2 is a kind of object, physical object; object, physical object
--2 is a part of mise en scene, stage setting, setting
--2 has particulars: custard pie
- airplane propeller, airscrew, prop - a propeller that rotates to push against air
--3 is a kind of propeller, propellor; propeller, propellor
--3 is a part of propeller plane
Verb prop has 1 sense
- prop up, prop, shore up, shore - support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"
--1 is one way to hold, support, sustain, hold up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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