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Meaning of shoring up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shoring

verb

Definitions

  1. To set on shore.

verb

Definitions

  1. (without up) To provide with support.

  2. (usually with up) To reinforce (something at risk of failure).

    Example: The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.

verb

Definitions

  1. To warn or threaten.

  2. To offer.

noun

Definitions

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