Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun propping_up

1 sense of propping up

Sense 1
shoring, shoring up, propping up -- (the act of propping up with shores)
       => support, supporting -- (the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening; "he leaned against the wall for support")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prop_up

1 sense of prop up

Sense 1
prop up, prop, shore up, shore -- (support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building")
       => hold, support, sustain, hold up -- (be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?")