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    [Noun]  | "shor*ing" | \ ˈshȯr-iŋ \


    1: the act of supporting with or as if with a prop

    2: a system or group of shores

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Verb]  | "shore" 


    1: to support by a shore : prop

    2: to give support to : brace —usually used with up

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "shore up" 


    1: to support (something) or keep (something) from falling by placing something under or against it

    2: to support or help (something)

    [Noun]  | "shoring" 


    1: as in buttress, bolster;


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    [Verb]  | "shore (up)" 


    1: to hold up or serve as a foundation for;


      * e.g., " ... a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete "



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    2: to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea);


      * e.g., " ... used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape "



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