shoring

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English

Definitions

verb

To set on shore.

verb

(without up) To provide with support.
(usually with up) To reinforce (something at risk of failure).“The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.”

verb

To warn or threaten.
To offer.

noun

Temporary bracing used to prevent something, such as a tunnel, trench, or wall, from collapse.

Related words

Synonyms

bolster prop up buttress reinforce strengthen support propping up shoring up underpinning consolidating sheeting ginging wharfing crippling shuttering scarcement shoar shole

Associated

formwork shielding props piles trench excavation poured strengthening hydraulic collapse concrete timber

Rhymes

imploring adoring roaring soaring outpouring exploring underscoring snoring pouring ignoring

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