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shored up

shored up is the simple past and past participle of shore up.

Meaning of shore up

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.

Questions about shored up

What is shored up the simple past and past participle of?
Shored up is the simple past and past participle of shore up.

Words near shored up in the dictionary

  1. shorebreak
  2. shorebreaks
  3. shorecrab
  4. shorecrabs
  5. shored
  6. shored up
  7. Shoreditch
  8. shoreface
  9. shorefaces
  10. shorefast
  11. shorefish

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