prop
verb (used with object)
to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed byup ).
propped
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past participleof prop.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof prop.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
propverb (used with object)to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed byup ).
Example Sentences
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He propped up Joury on a railing to watch the horses saunter past as they prepared for the race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The business, founded in 1777 in Dorset in southwest England, is propped up by brewing and selling its own beer, and by renting an additional roughly 100 pubs to tenants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
"I was sleeping on the sofa, she had a bed that was propped up on books. One of the legs had fallen off completely."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The sector has propped up the labor market in the United States in the last year, as an aging population requires more care.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
I perched on the edge of the wooden bench, my head propped in my hands.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
