untermauern — meaning in English

English meaning

• buttress noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
• 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 hold something up from underneath with supports or brickwork.

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

1. noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
2. noun Something that gives support or strength to another thing.
3. noun In botany, a wide, flat root that spreads out from the base of a tree trunk to help hold it up.
4. noun A part of a mountain or rock face that sticks out sharply.

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