To support or shore up something.
To play rugby in the prop position.
To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.
To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
The propeller of an aircraft.
An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
Any of the seashells in the game of props.
A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
propellant (“rocket fuel”)
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
To live; reside
To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
To brace or support with a stay or stays
To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
To continue to have a particular quality.
To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
To hold the attention of.
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
To tack; put on the other tack.
Steeply.
Steep; ascending.
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
(of a roof) Steeply pitched.
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
A corset.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
A prop; a support.
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.