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underprop

underprop verb: to prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.

Verb

underprop (third-person singular simple present underprops, present participle underpropping, simple past and past participle underpropped)

  1. (transitive) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.
    • He hath employed all his wit to frame him selfe anew (as impatient of his fortune) and to underprop or uphold himselfe by his inventions.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    • Hovv greatly befriendeth he vs, that keepeth our houſe from falling, that vnderproppeth it vvith great cunning, and vpholdeth it in the aire, being cleft and vvinde-ſhaken from the very foundation: […]1614, Lucius Annaeus Seneca [i.e., Seneca the Younger], “Of Benefits. Chapter XV.”, in Thomas Lodge, transl., The Workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both Morrall and Naturall. […], London: […] William...

underprop meaning in Bengali

underprop in Bengali

নিচ থেকে ঠেস দেওয়া, নিচে একটি ঠেস লাগানো, সমর্থন করা, ধরে রাখা, ঠেস দিয়ে দাঁড় করানো

Forms of underprop

third-person singular presentunderprops
present participleunderpropping
past participleunderpropped
pastunderpropped

Origin of underprop

From under- + prop.

Words formed from underprop

Questions about underprop

What does underprop mean?
Underprop means to prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.
What is underprop in Bengali?
Underprop in Bengali is নিচ থেকে ঠেস দেওয়া, নিচে একটি ঠেস লাগানো, সমর্থন করা. See Underprop meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is underprop?
Underprop is a verb.
What is the past tense of underprop?
The past tense of underprop is underpropped.

Words near underprop in the dictionary

  1. underpronation
  2. underproof
  3. underproofed
  4. underproofing
  5. underproofs
  6. underprop
  7. underproportion
  8. underproportioned
  9. underpropped
  10. underpropper
  11. underproppers

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