prop up (v)
prop (v)
shore up (v)
shore#3 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def support by placing against something solid or rigid
examples shore and buttress an old building
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 21 Somebody ----s something PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym hold, support, sustain, hold up
Derivationally related form shore → shore; shore → shoring
Derivationally related form shore up → shoring up
Derivationally related form prop → prop
Hyponym bolster
Incoming links
Derivationally related form shoring up → shore up
Derivationally related form shoring → shore; shore → shore
Derivationally related form prop → prop
Hyponym hold, support, sustain, hold up
Hypernym bolster

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