All shore up synonyms
shore up
S s verb shore up
- fortify — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- hyped — to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- hold to — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- bolster — If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
- lend a hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- bottoming — the lowest level of foundation material for a road or other structure
- heat up — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- charge up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- garrisoned — a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- garrisoning — Present participle of garrison.
- charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- crutch — A crutch is a stick whose top fits round or under the user's arm, which someone with an injured foot or leg uses to support their weight when walking.
- hyping — to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.