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shore up

UK/ʃɔːˈɹ‿ʌp/US/ʃɔˈɹ‿ʌp/

shore up verb: to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).

Verb

shore up (third-person singular simple present shores up, present participle shoring up, simple past and past participle shored up)

  1. (figuratively, often, transitive) To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).
    • They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence.
    • He needed something bold and dramatic to shore up his failing candidacy.

shore up meaning in Tamil and Thai

shore up in Tamil

பலப்படுத்துதல், உறுதியாக்குதல், உறுதிப்படுத்துதல், தாங்குதல், தூக்கி நிறுத்துதல்

shore up in Thai

to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)
ค้ำ kám

Synonyms of shore up

All synonyms of shore up

Forms of shore up

third-person singular presentshores up
present participleshoring up
past participleshored up
pastshored up

Origin of shore up

From shore (“to provide with support”) + up. Shore is derived from Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms], + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); while shore (noun) is from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown.

Questions about shore up

What does shore up mean?
Shore up means to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).
What is shore up in Tamil?
Shore up in Tamil is பலப்படுத்துதல், உறுதியாக்குதல், உறுதிப்படுத்துதல். See Shore up meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shore up?
Shore up is a verb.
How do you pronounce shore up?
Shore up is pronounced /ʃɔːˈɹ‿ʌp/ (UK).
What is the past tense of shore up?
The past tense of shore up is shored up.

Words near shore up in the dictionary

  1. shore snipes
  2. shore teetan
  3. shore teetans
  4. shore thistle
  5. shore thistles
  6. shore up
  7. shorebird
  8. shorebirds
  9. shorebound
  10. shorebreak
  11. shorebreaks

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