untermauern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- corroborate verb To support or confirm a claim with additional evidence.
- flesh noun The soft tissue of a human or animal body, especially muscle and fat, as distinct from bone.
- substantiate verb To back up a claim with evidence or proof.
- underpin verb To support from below with props or masonry.
Senses
untermauern is used for these senses in English:
- buttress (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
- corroborate (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
- flesh (transitive) To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.
- substantiate (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
- substantiate (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents
- underpin (transitive) To support from below with props or masonry.
- underpin (transitive, figuratively) To give support to; to form a basis of; to corroborate.
buttress — full definition
- noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- noun A buttress root.
- noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.