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shoring up

shoring up is the present participle and gerund 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 shoring up

What is shoring up the present participle and gerund of?
Shoring up is the present participle and gerund of shore up.

Words near shoring up in the dictionary

  1. Shorewell Park
  2. shoreworker
  3. Shorey
  4. shorgoghal
  5. shoring
  6. shoring up
  7. shorings
  8. shorinji kempo
  9. shorkie
  10. shorkies
  11. shorl

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