SHORING Synonyms

• a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

• reinforce with a buttress

• make stronger or defensible

• a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling

• any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

• a propeller that rotates to push against air

• support by placing against something solid or rigid

• the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

• aiding the cause or policy or interests of

• something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• documentary validation

• the financial means whereby one lives

• supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• any device that bears the weight of another thing

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

• support materially or financially

• be behind; approve of

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• adopt as a belief

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• argue or speak in defense of

• play a subordinate role to (another performer)

• be a regular customer or client of

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• a support that steadies or strengthens something else

• two items of the same kind

• a set of two similar things considered as a unit

• either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

• a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it

• elastic straps that hold trousers up

• an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

• a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

• a structural member used to stiffen a framework

• prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult

• support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

• support by bracing

• cause to be alert and energetic

• make strong or stronger

• enclose by or as if by a fortification

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• add nutrients to

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• information that makes more forcible or convincing

• (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

• a device designed to provide additional strength

• an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

• make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium

• support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

• become stable or more stable

• keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

• stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals

• support against an opponent

• support from beneath

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• support by placing against something solid or rigid

• United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

• the land on which real estate is located

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• the territory occupied by a nation

• a domain in which something is dominant

• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

• the people who live in a nation or country

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

• reach or come to rest

• cause to come to the ground

• bring into a different state

• bring ashore

• deliver (a blow)

• arrive on shore

• shoot at and force to come down

• make stronger

• strengthen and support with rewards

• make strong or stronger

• gain strength

• give a healthy elasticity to

• arrive on shore

• support by placing against something solid or rigid