understøtte — meaning in English

English meaning

• buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• undergird verb To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.

Senses

understøtte is used for these senses in English:

• buttress (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
• undergird (figurative) To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.

buttress — full definition

1. noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
2. noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
3. noun A buttress root.
4. noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

undergird — full definition

1. verb To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
2. verb To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.
3. verb To lend moral support to.
4. verb To secure below or underneath.

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