Word

prop up, v.
freq. cnt. 2

support by placing against something solid or rigid
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

prop prop up shore shore up

sample sentences

"shore and buttress an old building"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

shoring up

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

prop

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

shoring shore

semantic pointers

hypernym

support, hold, hold up, sustain

hyponym

bolster