propping's Usage Examples:

Rules drafted by the Board of Trade under this act came into force on the 8th of August 1902, the subjects referred to being (I) labelling of wagons; (2) movements of wagons by propping and tow-roping; (3) power-brakes on engines; (4) lighting of stations and sidings; (g) protection of points, rods, 'c.

The work of excavation in the palace has been complicated by the necessity of propping up walls, floors and staircases.

Still quite gusty, no point in propping the thing up today.

"Rhyn, will you promise me something?" she asked, propping her chin on his chest to look up at him.

She looked at the band on her arm, then down the hall toward Kiera before propping her chin on his chest to gaze at him.

Concurrently with these undertakings, he steadily prepared to strengthen his position in the political life of France; and it will be well to notice the steps by which he ensured the defeat of the royalists in France and the propping up of the directorial system in the coup d'etat of Fructidor 1797.

Gabe remained on his side, hand propping up his head.

She slumped against the low wall, propping up her elbows and covering her face.

The men, however, refused to march without seeing their sultan, and the singular expedient was resorted to of propping up the dead monarch's body in a dark room and concealing behind it an attendant who raised the hands and moved the head of the corpse as the troops marched past.

The rigid conservatism that resulted from this attitude served, indeed, a useful purpose in giving weight to Castlereaghs counsels in the European concert; for Metternich at least, wholly occupied with propping up mouldering institutions, could not have worked harmoniously with a minister suspected of an itch for reform.

Larger span covers may require propping from below to prevent distortion caused by the weight of the wet concrete infill.

"You're not weak, Damian," she said, propping her chin on his chest to look up at him.

She stayed around the house, propping her foot up whenever she sat down, and by evening it was only a little sore.

Synonyms:

sprag, support, pitprop,

Antonyms:

surrender, rush, accelerate, deny,