shoring [shawr-ing, shohr-]
Main Entry:
shore [shawr, shohr]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reinforce
Synonyms: bear up, bolster, brace, bulwark, buttress, carry, hold, prop, strengthen, support, sustain, underpin, upbear, uphold
Notes: the difference between a coast and the shore is the coast is the seaward limit of the land and the shore is the landward limit of the sea
shore is the general word for an edge of land directly bordering a body of water; coast is limited to land along a sea or ocean
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, ruin
Main Entry: prop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold up or lean against
Synonyms: bear up, bolster, brace, buoy, buttress, carry, maintain, rest, set, shore, stand, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, truss, underprop, uphold
Antonyms: drop, fall
Main Entry: stay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: support, underpinning
Synonyms: brace, buttress, column, hold, prop, reinforcement, shore, shoring, stanchion, truss, underpropping
Main Entry: support
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold up
Synonyms: base, be a foundation for, bear, bed, bolster, bottom, brace, buttress, carry, cradle, crutch, embed, found, ground, hold, keep from falling, keep up, mainstay, poise, prop, reinforce, shore, shore up, shoulder, stand, stay, strut, sustain, undergird, upbear, uphold
Antonyms: let down, let go, release
Main Entry: beef up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: strengthen
Synonyms: add, amplify, augment, back up, boost, brace, fortify, increase, intensify, reinforce, shore, support
Antonyms: decrease, diminish, weaken
Related Words
Main Entry: support
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
brooking, buttressing, cantilevered, exposed, fulcible, fundamental, offering secours, supported, supporting
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Support.
Category: 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS
Synonyms:
-nouns
support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib; point d'appui, , purchase footing, hold, locus standi; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor (basement)., supporter; aid; 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., frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, cornerstone, 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 (pendency); tiebeam (fastening); thole pin., board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece, 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, 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, bichona, mattress, paillasse; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion., footstool, hassock; tabouret; tripod., Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules.
-verbs
be supported; 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; 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., 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.
-adjectives
supporting, supported; fundamental; dorsigerous.
-adverbs
astride on, straddle.
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