Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: No matter how weak the "prop", upon which we have leaned -- withdraw it suddenly, and we are apt to fall; -- no matter how frail may have been the tenure, by which we were upheld, though it were the untwisted flax in the blaze -- or the gossamer thread of a spider -- if that prop be withdrawn, down we go
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: weakened my understanding -- grief had nothing to do with changing my opinions -- it only drove me into an examination; by taking from me the "props" and supports of the outward world, it threw me upon myself, and taught me the tremendous truth, that there existed there nothing but what was purely and simply myself
To place under
A support
A temporary support used to hold something in position
Something that supports, either physically or emotionally
A support or stake used to hold a plant in position
A stake or post used to support a plant
A person or thing that is a mainstay or source of support
To support
A person or thing that is used for support or reassurance
A lever, as in a balance
A temporary or supplementary support
A person or thing that provides support
A person or thing that props or supports
A support
A support
A pole or beam used as a temporary support or to keep something in position
A physical support
A temporary support used to hold something in position or open, or to keep something from falling
Something used to keep something else in position
An actor's stand used to support a performer or a piece of scenery
A support
A person or thing that is useful in supporting or advancing something
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: T was evening; and the lamp, Set near, shone full upon her placid face, Its snowy white illuming, while they stood Gazing as on her loveliness in sleep, The enfeebled mother on the father's arm Heavily hanging, or prop 'd up to watch, And see the calm grandeur of a dream
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: "props" were erected in the midst of the community, at the foot of one of which was placed the king, to prevent it from slipping; for all the danger, under such a system, came from that of the base slipping; at the foot of the second, the queen was placed, and the council, with the earl of warwick, who was created earl marshal, and the dukes of Suffolk and Norwich, with the black rod, for the purpose of supporting the props
A support
A pole or beam used to support or hold in position ( e.g
A person or thing that supports or upholds something else
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: What most of all surprised me in this man was, that the decree had scarcely been made public, when he audaciously offered me his hand, threatening, should I reject it, to give me up to justice Alarmed by his threats, and disgusted by his importunity, I rejected his prop with contempt
A person or thing that provides support or assistance
A support
A support
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: they seen a mother, lately widowed, and four young sisters, around the bier where lay the remains of the murdered son and brother -- their only hope next to God -- he for whom they were all toiling early and late, that, when his education was completed, he might propitiate the divine will by a becoming compliance with the duties of his station in life, and might return to them the comfort of his presence, if not the enjoyments of his youth
Support
A support
A support
A crutch
A support or rest for something
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: Thus, in the absence of innocent diversion, or improving study, driving men to intoxication, women to scandal, or to silly, sentimental, reason-confounding novels, half filled with romance and half with superstition, and by dint of fatiguing the mind with irrational doctrines, and irrational fears, propelling us, by the force of these proppers, to the most irrational of all conclusions, the denial of all truth but what is felt
A support
A person or thing that gives psychological or material support or assistance
A support
A natural support for a plant, especially a fruit tree, consisting of a stake or graft of another tree
A child, especially a male child
A support
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: was not like Elizabeth; for though she heard the remark, she did not even change color, but went up to the boy, and put both arms about his neck with a smile, and gave him a hearty kiss.... and bid him be a good boy, and a "prop" to her in the future
A support
A support
An article or articles of clothing borrowed or sent as a loan or gift
Property
A physical object used to prop or support something
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: We thought it had been he who should have comforted and blessed us, -- in whose life we could have retraced the cycle of our own happiest experience, -- whose unfolding faculties would have been a renewal of our knowledge, and his manhood not merely the "prop" but the whole support of our life
A pole used to support a tent or other structure
A support
A support
A support
A pole or stake driven into the ground to support a plant, or to mark a boundary
A support under the foundation of a wall, column, etc
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: Art thou then A stranger in this land, and knowest not That she who was our lov'd and prized one, /z/ The key-stone of our friendship's firm-knit arch, - - The clasp by which bands numberless were held, - - The prop that upheld our life and love? /z/ Alas! she is dead, and can ne'er be found / Again in this wide world of pain and care
A support
A source of support or assistance
A support
A support
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: He was thy pride -- the "prop" of thy renown -- The brightest jewel in thy dazzling crown; Thy battle-fields of liberty he trod, Holding thy soil in reverence next to God, And the proud triumphs of his matchless mind Are closely with thy heart-strings intertwined
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: Scholars sneer at and would fain dispense with them altogether; and the public, grown lazy and helpless by this constant use of "props" and stays, can now scarce brace itself even to get through a magazine article, but reads in the daily paper laid beside the breakfast-cup, and there finds most of its thinking done for it
A person or thing that is a major source of support or assistance
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: Nec tetmen consumebatur - she would remain a Church notwithstanding - as strong as ever in the "props" of her own moral and inherent greatness; and, though shrivelled in all her dimensions by the moral injury inflicted on many thousands of families, she would be at once the centre of a new and wider circle of attraction, diffusing her benefits to all, and gathering to herself all the homage due to her charms, her wit, her understanding, and her unparalleled dexterity in the leading features of her character
A support
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: which was fifteen feet above the deck, and then blew over to leeward, filling up on that side likewise; whilst we, unable to face the storm without, could only prevent the housing from being broken in, by placing "props" of planks and spars to support it
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: They have made the discovery -- and it is one of moment-that beneath the uniform of standitig armies, warm, sympathizing human hearts are beating, arid that this apparertly firm "prop" of power may fail it in its need, and even help to hurl it from its seat of trust
The foundation or basis of anything
A stake driven into the ground to support a plant
A pole or stake driven into the ground to support something such as a tent or an animal's harness
A support or foundation
A support
A person who is physically or emotionally supportive
A support
A pole or beam used as a temporary support
A lever which is used to gain a purchase, or to apply a force in a direction opposite to that of the weight to be lifted
A supporting column, especially one used in architecture
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: Bonaparte in his towering and unjust pride: allowed a single expression, strictly true, and springing from the very excellences of that character which made him the "prop" of his throne, to outweigh the years of service he had rendered and the glorious victories he had brought to his country
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: Let faith, prophetic faith, portray The glories of thy rising day, When grateful thousands shall proclaim Their kind deliverer's honored name; Sires hail him, who from direst rage Rescued the filial "props" of age; And mothers bless the arm that bore The future chief who conquers more
A person or thing that is a source of support
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: But ploughed up to the primary rock of the matter, the two great principles laid down in the twin whaling laws previously quoted, and applied and elucidated by Lord Ellenborough in the above cited case; these two laws touching Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish, I take to be the true props upon which the whole whaling jurisprudence of the world stands
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: The factory buildings could not resist the force of the flood; the crash of falling timbers and stones could already be distinctly heard; one foundation "prop" after another was giving way; the tall bell-tower had taken an oblique inclination, and was tottering to its fall
A prop or support
A stage prop
An aircraft's propeller
A person or object that provides support
Support of a specified kind or level
A piece of furniture or other object used as a makeshift support or beam, especially in the set of a film or theater production
A person or object used as a support
The inanimate objects used by a puppeteer to support a puppet and make it move
A plastic or wooden insert used to stiffen and maintain the shape of a surfboard or sailboard
A person or thing that provides support or assistance in the maintenance of an upright position, especially the lower back in a swimming stroke
Support
An object placed on a stage or set to suggest the presence of furniture or other items that are not actually part of the set
An outboard motor
( especially in jazz ) an improvised embellishment added to connect musical phrases
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: In six months she had gone from being a woman with a job and a little apartment and all the normal wardrobe and items -- clock radio, electric toothbrush, microwave -- that she had taken for granted as "props" of any normal life, to being a woman with a small child, and a strange, new, and totally unexpected life
A ballot proposition
A piece of furniture or other object used to support or hold in position, in particular one used in the setting of a play or film
A piece of scenery or other property used on the set of a play or film
A portable landmark or object used as a focal point in a photograph or film to suggest a particular time or place
A piece of stage scenery or property ( as a hat or glass ) used by an actor
( in surfing and other board sports ) a short, thick piece of foam or plastic used as a flotation device, worn under the arm by a developing surfer to help with balance
To position or place in a particular manner in order to hold in position or keep from falling, or to support
Properties
A device used to propel a boat or other vessel
A piece of furniture or other object used as a temporary support or landmark on stage during the performance of a play
Used in phrases such as up in smoke, up in flames, etc., to mean something that has been propped or supported
Support
Support
Any object used in this way
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: This process of adjustment from within was halted in 1874 by military defeat at the hands of the British, which removed the "props" that upheld Asante's success, ending the slave trade to the south and encouraging tributary states on the periphery to break away. With its power curtailed, Asante was forced to accept a British "protectorate" in 1874
A person or thing that provides support or assistance
A propeller
A piece of furniture or other set dressing used to suggest the presence of something that would be costly or difficult to include in the set, or to serve some purpose in the action of the play
A thing used to keep something in position or to prevent it from falling over
A runner attached to the bottom of a boat or aircraft to support it in flight or on the water
A piece of scenery or other property used in a play or film
A rotating blade for a propeller
A physical support or aid
A physical object used as a support, or a person or group that provides support
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: His job was just to be the medium, to keep the client talking, to bring him back when he rambled or became incoherent, to be his sole friend and his sole "prop" in this unreal universe, the one who brought the truth forth -- like John Wilkes in the days when he was alive and did his job
A device or substance used to prop something up or support it in position
A thing used as a support or for decoration
A source of support or encouragement
Any object used as a piece of stage furniture to support an actor or to help in the performance of a scene
A stage property
Support or keep in position with a prop or props
A piece of theatrical scenery or property
( in the context of building or repairing something ) a piece of equipment or a tool
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: For this, an energetic talk that left the more sensitive among us queasy, Dr. Moses used a large plaster-of-paris eyeball as a "prop"; it swung hideously open in sections to reveal the veiny interior of the eye, uncomfortably suggesting a dissection in progress
A male penis
A piece of equipment used to achieve a particular effect
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: " Reporting on these elaborate new techniques of computer graphics, which created the most imaginative of TRON's sets and "props", were Los Angeles'Russell Leavitt and New York and props, were Los Angeles'Russell Leavitt and New York Reporter-Researcher James H
( in the context of performing arts ) a portable piece of furniture or other object used to support or move a set or to assist an actor in a role
An actor's stage property
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: In addition to the new IL-96, Ilyushin now makes the IL-114, a regional two-engine "prop", the four-engine IL-76 cargo jet, and the IL-103, a small, single-engine private plane that in December was actually the first Ilyushin to roll off the line in 17 years
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: * * * In middle-August, a month after I'd come to the city, the cannons were still firing, the barrels of tar still burning, and those brave enough to walk the streets still wore masks, not "props" from an independence celebration but futile attempts at fighting off the stench
Things that are needed or desired
A supporter or sponsor of a person or cause
A sexual stimulant, especially when used by women
Support
A temporary support for an object or structure, typically a piece of timber or metal used to hold something in position or keep it from falling
An object used to leverage or gain purchase against another object
A piece of theatrical scenery or other property used to suggest the setting of a play or film or to assist in the performance of a scene
A ballot proposition
A movable article of furniture ( especially in a theater ) that is on the stage and is intended to be moved by the actors to give a more natural appearance to the setting
A movable supporting structure in a theatre, film, or television set
A piece of scenery or property used on stage or in a film
A marijuana cigarette
A pole or beam used to support a temporary structure or to keep an open hole stable
Anything used as a support
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "prop" in the following sentence: At the auction of 46 years'and a rumored $1,600,000 worth of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "props" and costumes, Debbie Reynolds tried to buy her own brass bed from The Unsinkable Molly Brown, but just didn't want to go as far as $ 600 for the four-poster
A piece of furniture or other object used to support or steady something else
Propeller
Any object used on set that is not part of the script
A propeller
Support
Physical support or assistance
( in military contexts ) a non-commissioned officer
Support
A propeller
A business, job, etc., that is kept in existence by subsidies or support from elsewhere
To support or hold in place
