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verb
- 1. support, especially with a prop. archaic
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Define underprop. underprop synonyms, underprop pronunciation, underprop translation, English dictionary definition of underprop. tr.v. un·der·propped , un·der·prop·ping , un·der·props To prop from below.
The meaning of UNDERPROP is to prop up from below : underpin. How to use underprop in a sentence.
Underprop definition: to prop underneath; support; uphold.. See examples of UNDERPROP used in a sentence.
What does the verb underprop mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb underprop. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised. See meaning & use.
Underprop definition: To prop (something) from below.
Jun 30, 2022 · underprop (third-person singular simple present underprops, present participle underpropping, simple past and past participle underpropped) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.
Verb. underprop ( third-person singular simple present underproppes, present participle underpropping, simple past and past participle underpropped) ( transitive) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up. Flr Mntgn Essays, II.12:
To support; to sustain. Etymology: under and prop. Here am I left to underprop the land, Who, weak with age, cannot support myself. William Shakespeare. There was made a shoring or underproping act for the benevolence; to make the sums not brought in, to be leviable by course of law. Francis Bacon, Hen. VII.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 How to use underprop in a sentence And, first, the nature of the whole mountain is hollow underneath, underpropped throughout with caverns of basalt rocks.
