propping
Keeping from falling
Propping is the act of supporting something to keep it from falling or to hold it in position.
You prop a door open with a wedge, prop your feet up on a table, or prop yourself against a wall.
Figuratively, propping involves sustaining something that might otherwise collapse: The government kept propping up failing banks.
A prop is anything that provides such support.
Temporary exterior work platform
- formworkMold for poured concrete
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- trestleBraced structural support frame
- platformRaised flat structure
planks · shoring · falsework · centering · cribbing · framework · erection · assembly
Refreshingly keen or stimulating
- shoringTemporary structural support
- buttressingSupporting from the side
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- reinforcingMaking more robust
strut · beam · pillar · joist · girder · stanchion · truss · post
Strengthening or supporting
- fortifyingMaking stronger or sturdier
- consolidatingCombining dispersed elements
- reinforcingMaking more robust
- boostingIncreasing force or level
buttressing · undergirding · cementing · solidifying · stiffening · enhancing · augmenting · empowering
scaffolding
Temporary exterior work platform
- formworkMold for poured concrete
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- trestleBraced structural support frame
platform · planks · shoring · falsework · centering · cribbing · framework · erection · assembly · construction
bracing
Refreshingly keen or stimulating
- shoringTemporary structural support
- buttressingSupporting from the side
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
reinforcing · strut · beam · pillar · joist · girder · stanchion · truss · post · column
bolstering
Strengthening or supporting
- fortifyingMaking stronger or sturdier
- consolidatingCombining dispersed elements
- reinforcingMaking more robust
boosting · buttressing · undergirding · cementing · solidifying · stiffening · enhancing · augmenting · empowering · invigorating
steadying
Making less shaky
- securingMaking firmly fixed
- anchoringFastening securely to position
- balancingAchieving equal distribution
leveling · fastening · fixing · immobilizing · clamping · wedging · positioning · leaning · resting · tilting
- placingplacing, positioning, putting, inserting, setting
- leaningtilt, slant, angle, list, cant
- reinforcingreinforcing, strengthening, bolstering, shoring, bracing
- fortifyingfortifying, reinforcing, barricading, shoring up, buttressing
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
proppingtoppling
Causing to collapse
knocking down · dropping · collapsing · felling · pushing over
proppingdestabilizing
Causing loss of equilibrium
undermining · weakening · shaking · unsettling · unbalancing
proppingfreestanding
Not attached to anything
self-supporting · standing alone · unsupported · self-sustaining · independent
- propping upSupporting to prevent collapse