Shore

  • 51shore up — {v.} To add support to (something) where weakness is shown; make (something) stronger where support is needed; support. * /When the flood waters weakened the bridge, it was shored up with steel beams and sandbags until it could be rebuilt./ *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 52Shore — Shear Shear (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr. ???.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 53shore up — verb To strengthen, reinforce, or consolidate. They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence …

    Wiktionary

  • 54shore — Synonyms and related words: afford support, aquatic, back, back up, balneal, bank, beach, beam, bear, bear out, bear up, berm, board, bolster, bolster up, border, bordure, brace, brim, brink, broadside, brow, buoy up, buttress, carry, cheek, chop …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 55shore up — Synonyms and related words: afford support, back, back up, bear, bear out, bear up, beef up, bolster, bolster up, brace, brace up, buoy up, buttress, carry, case harden, confirm, cradle, crutch, cushion, finance, fortify, fund, gird, give support …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 56shore — off shore offshore …

    Dictionnaire des rimes

  • 57shore\ up — v To add support to (smth) where weakness is shown; make (smth) stronger where support is needed; support. When the flood waters weakened the bridge, it was shored up with steel beams and sandbags until it could be rebuilt. The coach sent in a… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 58shore up — add support to something which is weak It was necessary to shore up the house after the mud slide damaged the foundation …

    Idioms and examples

  • 59shore — I n 1. seashore, seaside, beach, strand, sea coast, coast, seaboard; foreshore, waterside, bank, Fr. rive, Archaic. rivage; margin, border, edge, brink, Archaic. brim. 2. land, dry land, ground. II n 1. support, prop, strut, brace, buttress, stay …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 60shore — pakrantė statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Sausumos juosta išilgai jūros, ežero ar kito vandens telkinio kranto, kurioje yra sausumos ir vandens sąveikos žymių – tam tikrų reljefo formų. atitikmenys: angl. coast; coastal zone; …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas