support

Roget category 215

2. Words relating to space
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#215. Support

noun

support, ground, foundation, base, basis — terra firma — bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib^† — point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, locus standi [Lat.] — landing place, landing stage — stage, platform — block — rest, resting place — groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention — floor etc. (basement) 211.
supporter — aid etc. 707 — prop, stand, anvil, fulciment^† — cue rest, jigger — monkey — stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage — sleeper — stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit^†, outrigger — ratlings^†.
staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle^† — bourdon^†, cowlstaff^†, lathi^†, mahlstick^†.
post, pillar, shaft, thill^†, column, pilaster — pediment, pedicle — pedestal — plinth, shank, leg, socle^†, zocle^† — buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment — baluster, banister, stanchion — balustrade — headstone — upright — door post, jamb, door jamb.
frame, framework — scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis^†, trave^†, corner stone, summer, transom — rung, round, step, sill — angle rafter, hip rafter — cantilever, modillion^† — crown post, king post — vertebra.
columella^†, backbone — keystone — axle, axletree — axis — arch, mainstay.
trunnion, pivot, rowlock^† — peg etc. (pendency) 214^† — tiebeam etc. (fastening) 45 — thole pin^†.
board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet^†, trivet, arbor, rack — mantel, mantle piece [Fr.], mantleshelf^† — slab, console — counter, dresser — flange, corbel — table, trestle — shoulder — perch — horse — easel, desk — clotheshorse, hatrack — retable — teapoy^†.
seat, throne, dais — divan, musnud^† — chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall — arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair — couch, fauteuil [Fr.], woolsack^†, ottoman, settle, squab, bench — aparejo^†, faldstool^†, horn — long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair — lamba chauki^†, lamba kursi^† — saddle, pannel^†, pillion — side saddle, pack saddle — pommel.
bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed^†, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead — four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang^† — bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse^† — pillow, bolster — mat, rug, cushion.
footstool, hassock — tabouret^† — tripod, monopod.
Atlas, Persides, Atlantes^†, Caryatides, Hercules.

verb

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.

adjective

supporting, supported etc. v. — fundamental — dorsigerous^†.

adverb

astride on, straddle.

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