prop meaning:
v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against;
v.) Fig.) to sustain; to maintain;
n.) something which sustains a weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay;
prop sentence:
He used a box to prop the door open.
Can we prop the window open with something?
She was becoming an emotional prop for him.
We had to prop up the roof with a wooden post.
He can’t always expect his colleagues to prop him up.
I need some sort of a prop to keep the washing line up.
The government refuses to prop up inefficient industries.
Prop the gate open with something.
The government introduced measures to prop up the stock market.
They had to prop up the tree with long poles under the branches.
His encouragement was a great prop to her self-confidence.
It was propped open with a large red plastic gas can.
The builders are trying to prop up the crumbling walls of the church.
He props himself up on one elbow.
The army is one of the main props of the government.
Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing.
New search index props up a conduce to raise the successful rate of the search.
He propped his bike against a tree.
He propped his elbows upon a greasy counter.
The regime had been propped up by foreign aid.
The baby cannot sit unaided she has to be propped up on pillows.
The mailman propped his bicycle up against the wall and put the mail into the mailbox.
My legs were propped on a stool.
She sat in the sofa with her legs propping on a small stool.
It has a handle and a kickstand for propping up on flat surfaces.
The tunnels were supported by wooden props.
The ladder was propped against the landing wall.