prop

1. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive)To support or shore up something.

   Try using a phone book to prop up the table where the foot is missing.

   unterstützen, halten, stützen

   підпиратиpidpyraty, підпертиpidperty

   support by placing against something solid or rigid

2. (intransitive)To play rugby in the prop position.

3. (transitive, usually)To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.

4. (Australia, New Zealand, intransitive)To stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider.

5. To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.

6. (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive)To knock (a person) down.

1. He propped his bike against the wall.

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2. Tom propped his bicycle against the wall.

   ruТом прислонил свой велосипед к стене. — marafon

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3. Tom propped himself up on one elbow.

   ruТом опёрся о локоть. — marafon

   deTom stützte sich auf einen Ellbogen auf. — brauchinet

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4. He fetched a few cushions to prop up her head.

   ruОн принёс несколько подушек, чтобы подпереть её голову. — Lenin_1917

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5. Tom propped himself up on his elbow.

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