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to support

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MEANING9 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to support

    用力支持或举起某物yònglì zhīchí huò jǔqǐ mǒuwù

    • He propped his head up with his hand.

  2. verb

    to prop up

    用力支持或举起东西yònglì zhīchí huò jǔqǐ dōngxi

  3. verb

    to fill to bursting point

    用力往上推或托住;使鼓起yònglì wǎng shàng tuī huò tuōzhù; shǐ gǔ qǐ

    • I ate too much and my stomach feels completely stuffed.

  4. verb

    brace

    用力支持或承受重量yòng lì zhīchí huò chéngshòu zhòngliàng

    • He was supporting his head with his hand.

  5. verb

    stay

    用力向上托住或支持yònglì xiàngshàng tuōzhù huò zhīchí

  6. verb

    to open or unfurl

    用力使某物张开或伸展yònglì shǐ mǒuwù zhāngkāi huò shēnzhǎn

    • He opened an umbrella.

  7. verb

    to push or move with a pole

    用竹竿或木棒从下面顶起或推动yòng zhúgān huò mùbàng cóng xiàmiàn dǐngqǐ huò tuīdòng

    • He uses a bamboo pole to punt the boat.

  8. verb

    to maintain

    使某物保持原有的样子不变坏shǐ mǒuwù bǎochí yuányǒu de yàngzi búbiàn huài

    • He couldn't hold out any longer.

  9. verb

    support

    用力托住或依靠某物yònglì tuōzhù huò yīkào mǒuwù

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Use your hand to prop up and support to keep steady and not fall.

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