prop up

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

prop up - support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building" prop, shore up, shore hold up, support, sustain, hold - be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?" bolster - prop up with a pillow or bolster

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Translations

يَسْنِد، يَدْعَم

opřítpodepřít

støtte

abstützen

appuyerétançonnerétayer

megtámaszt

styîja, skorîa, skjóta stoîum undir

dayamakdesteklemek

支撑

w>prop up

vt sep

(= rest, lean) to prop oneself/something up against something → sich/etw gegen etw lehnen

(= support) → stützen; tunnel, wall → abstützen; engine → aufbocken; (fig) régime, company, the pound → stützen; organization → unterstützen; to prop oneself up on something → sich auf etw (acc) → stützen; he spends most of his time propping up the bar (inf) → er hängt die meiste Zeit an der Bar

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

prop¹

(prop) noun

a support. The ceiling was held up with wooden props. pilare, steunpilare دِعامَه، سَنَد، подпора escora podpěra die Stütze stiver στήριγμα, στυλοβάτηςpuntal tugi تیرک؛ پشت بند tuki supportתמיכה टेक, थूनी támasz penyangga stoð sostegno 支柱 지지, 받침 ramstis balsts sangga stutstøtte, stangpodpora ملاتړ،ستنه escora suport; stâlp de susţinere; proptea стоика, подпорка podpera opornik potpora stötta, stöd ไม้ค้ำยัน destek, payanda 支柱 підпора; стійка سہارا، ٹيک cột chống 支柱

verb – past tense, past participle propped –

to lean (something) against something else. He propped his bicycle against the wall. steun, leun يَسْنِد подпирам escorar opřít stützen læne στηρίζω, ακουμπώapoyar toetama تکیه دادن به tukea appuyer לִתמוֹך सहारा देना, टेकना, टेक लगाना támaszt menyandarkan halla (e-u) upp að appoggiare 立てかける 기대 놓다 atremti, paremti []balstīt menyandarkan zetten tegen støtte motoprzeć تكيه وهل encostar a spri­jini прислонять oprieť nasloniti (na kaj) nasloniti luta, ställa ยัน dayamak, yaslamak 把...靠在...上 підпирати ٹيکنا dựng vào 把...靠在...上

prop up

to support (something) in an upright position, or stop it from falling. We had to prop up the roof; He propped himself up against the wall. ophou, steun, leun يَسْنِد، يَدْعَم поддържам escorar(-se) podepřít, opřít abstützen støtte στηρίζω, στυλώνωsostener, apuntalar püsti hoidma, ülal hoidma نگه داشتن pönkittää appuyer לִתמוֹך בְּ- सहायता देना megtámaszt menopang styðja, skorða, skjóta stoðum undir reggere, reggersi ささえる 떠받치다 pa(si)remti, apramstyti []balstīt; balstīties, atspiesties menopang ondersteunenstøtte opppodeprzeć, oprzeć ساتل apoiar a (se) sprijini подпирать; опираться podoprieť, oprieť podpreti podupreti stötta (palla) upp ค้ำ; ยัน desteklemek, dayamak 支撐 підпирати سہارا دينا chống; dựa 支撑

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