étayer — meaning in English

English meaning

• underpin verb To support from below with props or masonry.

Senses

étayer is used for these senses in English:

• prop up (transitive) To support with, or as if with, a prop.
• underpin (transitive) To support from below with props or masonry.
• underpin (transitive, figuratively) To give support to; to form a basis of; to corroborate.

underpin — full definition

1. verb To support from below with props or masonry.
2. verb To give support to; to form a basis of; to corroborate.

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