shore up
verb
1 shore up
Support by placing against something solid or rigid.
synonyms: prop, prop up, shore.
Roget 215:
be supported
&c.;
lie on,
sit on,
recline on,
lean on,
loll on,
rest on,
stand on,
step on,
repose on,
abut on,
bear on,
be based on
&c.;
have at one's back;
bestride,
bestraddle†.
support,
bear,
carry,
hold,
sustain,
shoulder;
hold up,
back up,
bolster up,
shore up;
uphold,
upbear†;
prop;
under prop,
under pin,
under set;
riprap;
bandage
etc.
43.
give support,
furnish support,
afford support,
supply support,
lend support,
give foundations,
furnish foundations,
afford foundations,
supply foundations,
lend foundations;
bottom,
found,
base,
ground,
imbed,
embed.
maintain,
keep on foot;
aid
etc.
707.
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Dutch: versterken, het hart op de tong hebben
Moby thesaurus: afford support, back, back up, bear, bear out, bear up, beef up, bolster, bolster up, brace, brace up, buoy up, buttress, carry, case harden, confirm, cradle, crutch, cushion, finance, fortify, fund, gird, give support, harden, hold, hold up, invigorate, keep, keep afloat, keep up, lend support, mainstay, maintain, nerve, pillow, prop, prop up, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, restrengthen, rigidify, screw up, shore, shoulder, stay, steel, stiffen, strengthen, subsidize, subvention, subventionize, support, sustain, temper, tense, tighten, toughen, trice up, underbrace, undergird, underlie, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold, upkeep ... show more.
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