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bolster up
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bolster up
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Related Words:
bear out
collapse
related words >
affirm
,
afford support
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
crutch
,
document
,
finance
,
fortify
,
fund
,
give support
,
hold up
,
justify
,
keep
,
lend support
,
maintain
,
probate
,
prop
,
prop up
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
shore
,
shore up
,
strengthen
,
subsidize
,
substantiate
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
shore up
collapse
related words >
afford support
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
beef up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
case harden
,
confirm
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
finance
,
fortify
,
fund
,
gird
,
give support
,
harden
,
hold
,
hold up
,
invigorate
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
nerve
,
pillow
,
prop
,
prop up
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
rigidify
,
screw up
,
shore
,
shoulder
,
stay
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
temper
,
tense
,
tighten
,
toughen
,
trice up
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
underlie
collapse
be or form the base for
lie underneath
related words >
afford support
,
back
,
back up
,
be latent
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bed on
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bottom on
,
brace
,
build on
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
couch
,
cradle
,
crawl
,
crouch
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
escape notice
,
found on
,
give support
,
ground on
,
grovel
,
hibernate
,
hold
,
hold up
,
hug the earth
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
lie beneath
,
lie dormant
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
lie under
,
lurk
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make no sign
,
pillow
,
prop
,
reinforce
,
set on
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
smolder
,
squat
,
stay
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
pillow
collapse
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"
related words >
afford support
,
air mattress
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bedding
,
blubber
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
breeze
,
buoy up
,
butter
,
buttress
,
carry
,
clay
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
dough
,
down
,
eiderdown
,
feather bed
,
feathers
,
fleece
,
floss
,
flue
,
fluff
,
foam
,
give support
,
hold
,
hold up
,
innerspring mattress
,
kapok
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
litter
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
mat
,
mattress
,
pad
,
pallet
,
plush
,
prop
,
pudding
,
puff
,
putty
,
reinforce
,
rubber
,
rug
,
satin
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
silk
,
sleeping bag
,
springs
,
stay
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
swansdown
,
thistledown
,
underbed
,
underbedding
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
velvet
,
wax
,
wool
,
zephyr
undergird
collapse
make secure underneath; "undergird the ship"
lend moral support to
related words >
affirm
,
afford support
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
bed on
,
beef up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bottom on
,
brace
,
brace up
,
build on
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
case harden
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
document
,
finance
,
fortify
,
found on
,
fund
,
gird
,
give support
,
ground on
,
harden
,
hold
,
hold up
,
invigorate
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
nerve
,
pillow
,
probate
,
prop
,
prop up
,
prove
,
ratify
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
set on
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
stay
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
subsidize
,
substantiate
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
temper
,
toughen
,
underbrace
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
finance
collapse
the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
the management of money and credit and banking and investments
the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
sell or provide on credit
related words >
accounting
,
acknowledge
,
afford support
,
aid
,
angel
,
assets
,
assist
,
back
,
bank
,
banking
,
bankroll
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear the expense
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
business
,
buttress
,
capital
,
capitalize
,
cash
,
chip in
,
commerce
,
crutch
,
defray
,
defray expenses
,
economics
,
finances
,
foot the bill
,
fund
,
funds
,
give support
,
go Dutch
,
grubstake
,
help
,
hold up
,
holdings
,
honor a bill
,
invest in
,
investment
,
keep
,
lend support
,
maintain
,
money
,
patronize
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the bills
,
pay the piper
,
pension
,
pension off
,
promote
,
prop
,
prop up
,
provide for
,
redeem
,
refinance
,
reinforce
,
resources
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
sponsor
,
stake
,
stand the costs
,
subsidize
,
subvene
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
underwrite
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
wealth
,
wherewithal
bolster
collapse
a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
support and strengthen; "bolster morale"
prop up with a pillow or bolster
related words >
advance
,
affirm
,
afford support
,
aid
,
air mattress
,
assist
,
assure
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
bedding
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buck up
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
certify
,
cheer
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
document
,
embolden
,
encourage
,
finance
,
fortify
,
fund
,
further
,
give support
,
hearten
,
help
,
hold
,
hold up
,
innerspring mattress
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
litter
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
mat
,
mattress
,
nerve
,
pad
,
pallet
,
pillow
,
probate
,
prop
,
prop up
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reassure
,
reinforce
,
rug
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sleeping bag
,
springs
,
stay
,
strengthen
,
subsidize
,
substantiate
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
underbed
,
underbedding
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
subsidize
collapse
support through subsidies; "The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized"
secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
related words >
accommodate
,
afford
,
afford support
,
aid
,
angel
,
assist
,
back
,
back up
,
bankroll
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
blow to
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
capitalize
,
carry
,
clothe
,
contribute
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
donate
,
endow
,
fill
,
fill up
,
finance
,
find
,
fund
,
furnish
,
give
,
give support
,
go treat
,
grubstake
,
help
,
hold
,
hold up
,
invest
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make available
,
make provision for
,
patronize
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the bills
,
pension
,
pension off
,
pillow
,
prepare
,
present
,
promote
,
prop
,
prop up
,
provide
,
provide for
,
recruit
,
refinance
,
reinforce
,
replenish
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sponsor
,
stake
,
stand drinks
,
stand to
,
stand treat
,
stay
,
stock
,
store
,
subvene
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
supply
,
support
,
sustain
,
treat
,
treat to
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
underwrite
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
yield
perpetuate
collapse
cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"
related words >
bolster
,
conserve
,
continue
,
embalm
,
eternalize
,
eternize
,
extend
,
freeze
,
hold
,
immortalize
,
keep
,
keep alive
,
keep fresh
,
keep going
,
keep on
,
keep up
,
lengthen
,
maintain
,
memorialize
,
monumentalize
,
perennialize
,
preserve
,
preserve from oblivion
,
prolong
,
protract
,
retain
,
secure
,
support
,
sustain
buoy up
collapse
related words >
afford support
,
animate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
boost
,
brace
,
brighten
,
buoy
,
buttress
,
carry
,
cast up
,
cheer
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
elevate
,
encourage
,
enliven
,
erect
,
escalate
,
exhilarate
,
float
,
float high
,
give a lift
,
give support
,
gladden
,
hearten
,
heave
,
heft
,
heighten
,
heist
,
hike
,
hoick
,
hoist
,
hold
,
hold up
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
jerk up
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
knock up
,
lend support
,
levitate
,
lift
,
lift up
,
liven
,
lob
,
loft
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pillow
,
prop
,
raise
,
raise up
,
rear
,
rear up
,
reinforce
,
rejoice
,
rejoice the heart
,
ride high
,
rise
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sky
,
stay
,
stick up
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
throw up
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
up
,
upbear
,
upbuoy
,
upcast
,
upheave
,
uphoist
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
uplift
,
upraise
,
uprear
,
upthrow
,
vitalize
,
waft
corroborate
collapse
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
document
,
fortify
,
justify
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
pallet
collapse
a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
related words >
air mattress
,
bean
,
bedding
,
belfry
,
bolster
,
chump
,
cushion
,
head
,
headpiece
,
innerspring mattress
,
litter
,
mat
,
mattress
,
noddle
,
noggin
,
noodle
,
pad
,
pillow
,
rug
,
sconce
,
sleeping bag
,
springs
,
underbed
,
underbedding
embolden
collapse
related words >
abet
,
advocate
,
aid and abet
,
animate
,
assure
,
bolster
,
brace up
,
buck up
,
chance
,
cheer
,
chirk up
,
comfort
,
countenance
,
encourage
,
endorse
,
favor
,
go for
,
hazard
,
hearten
,
impel
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
keep in countenance
,
nerve
,
reassure
,
shine upon
,
smile upon
,
steel
,
strengthen
,
subscribe
,
support
,
venture
probate
collapse
the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
attested copy
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bequeathal
,
bequest
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
codicil
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
devise
,
document
,
fortify
,
inheritance
,
legacy
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
testament
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
,
will
reinforce
collapse
make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"
strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior"
related words >
accelerate
,
add to
,
affirm
,
afford support
,
aggravate
,
attest
,
augment
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
beef up
,
blow up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
case harden
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
confirm
,
consolidate
,
corroborate
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
deepen
,
document
,
double
,
energize
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
finance
,
fortify
,
fund
,
gird
,
give support
,
harden
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hold
,
hold up
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
increase
,
intensify
,
invigorate
,
jazz up
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
key up
,
lend support
,
magnify
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make complex
,
multiply
,
nerve
,
pillar
,
pillow
,
probate
,
prop
,
prop up
,
prove
,
ramify
,
ratify
,
recruit
,
redouble
,
refresh
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
rigidify
,
screw up
,
sharpen
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
soup up
,
stay
,
steel
,
step up
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
subsidize
,
substantiate
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
supplement
,
support
,
sustain
,
temper
,
tense
,
tighten
,
toughen
,
trice up
,
triple
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
,
whet
keep up
collapse
prevent from going to bed at night; "The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"; "I kept myself up all night studying for the exam"
keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies"
maintain a required pace or level; "He could not keep up and dropped out of the race"
related words >
afford support
,
au courant
,
back
,
back up
,
be employed
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
carry on
,
carry on business
,
conserve
,
continue
,
copyright
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
do business
,
endure
,
extend
,
follow a trade
,
follow the crowd
,
follow the fashion
,
give support
,
go on
,
guard
,
hang in
,
hang tough
,
have a job
,
hold
,
hold out
,
hold up
,
join the parade
,
keep
,
keep account of
,
keep afloat
,
keep alive
,
keep at
,
keep at it
,
keep count of
,
keep driving
,
keep going
,
keep in step
,
keep informed
,
keep intact
,
keep inviolate
,
keep on
,
keep pace with
,
keep posted
,
keep safe
,
keep track of
,
keep trying
,
keep up appearances
,
keep up on
,
keep up with
,
labor
,
last
,
lend support
,
lengthen
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
moonlight
,
never say die
,
not accept compromise
,
not destroy
,
not endanger
,
not expend
,
not flag
,
not give up
,
not use up
,
not waste
,
not weaken
,
patent
,
perpetuate
,
persevere
,
persist
,
pillow
,
practice a profession
,
preserve
,
prolong
,
prop
,
protect
,
protract
,
register
,
reinforce
,
retain
,
save
,
see it out
,
set up shop
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
spare
,
stand up
,
stay
,
stay briefed
,
stay employed
,
stay it out
,
stay the distance
,
stick it out
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
sweat it out
,
take it
,
toil
,
transact business
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
work
,
work at
,
work for
mainstay
collapse
the forestay that braces the mainmast
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
afford support
,
aficionado
,
alpenstock
,
angel
,
apologist
,
arm
,
athletic supporter
,
back
,
back up
,
backbone
,
backer
,
backing
,
bandeau
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bearer
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bra
,
brace
,
bracer
,
bracket
,
brassiere
,
buff
,
bulwark
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
cane
,
carrier
,
carry
,
cervix
,
champion
,
corset
,
cradle
,
crook
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
foundation garment
,
friend at court
,
fulcrum
,
girdle
,
give support
,
guy
,
guywire
,
hold
,
hold up
,
jock
,
jockstrap
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
lover
,
main strength
,
maintain
,
maintainer
,
mast
,
neck
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pillar
,
pillow
,
promoter
,
prop
,
protagonist
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
reinforcer
,
reliance
,
rest
,
resting place
,
rigging
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sheet anchor
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
shroud
,
sider
,
sinews
,
spine
,
sponsor
,
sprit
,
staff
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
standing rigging
,
stave
,
stay
,
stick
,
stiffener
,
strengthener
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustain
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upholder
,
upkeep
,
votary
,
walking stick
,
well-wisher
bear up
collapse
endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
afford support
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
assure
,
back
,
back up
,
be proof against
,
bear
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear out
,
bear the brunt
,
bear up against
,
bear up under
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
buoy
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
cheer
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
come up fighting
,
comfort
,
condole with
,
confront
,
console
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
defy
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
ease
,
encounter
,
encourage
,
endure
,
finance
,
float
,
float high
,
fund
,
gain upon
,
give comfort
,
give support
,
hang in
,
hang in there
,
hang on
,
hang tough
,
hearten
,
hold
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
hold up
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
live through it
,
live with it
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
never say die
,
not flag
,
not give up
,
not weaken
,
pillow
,
prop
,
prop up
,
proximate
,
put at ease
,
reassure
,
rebuff
,
reinforce
,
relieve
,
repel
,
repulse
,
resist
,
ride high
,
see it out
,
set at ease
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sidle up to
,
solace
,
stand
,
stand the gaff
,
stand up
,
stay
,
stay it out
,
stay the distance
,
stay with it
,
step up
,
stick
,
stick it
,
stick it out
,
stick out
,
stick to it
,
stick with it
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
sweat it out
,
sympathize with
,
take it
,
take what comes
,
tough it out
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
uplift
,
upraise
,
waft
,
withstand
circumstantiate
collapse
give circumstantial evidence for
related words >
adduce
,
affirm
,
anatomize
,
atomize
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
cite
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
descend to particulars
,
detail
,
document
,
enter into detail
,
fortify
,
give full particulars
,
instance
,
itemize
,
particularize
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
specify
,
spell out
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
back up
collapse
make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"
move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"
related words >
act for
,
advance
,
affirm
,
afford support
,
answer for
,
appear for
,
ascend
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back away
,
back off
,
backpedal
,
backtrack
,
backtrail
,
backwater
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
budge
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
certify
,
champion
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
circumstantiate
,
climb
,
come after
,
come last
,
commission
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
countermarch
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
deputize
,
descend
,
document
,
ebb
,
elect
,
endorse
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
flow
,
follow
,
fortify
,
front for
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
get over
,
give support
,
go
,
go around
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go into reverse
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
gyrate
,
hold
,
hold up
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lag behind
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make sternway
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
nominate
,
pillow
,
pinch-hit for
,
plunge
,
probate
,
progress
,
prop
,
prove
,
ratify
,
regress
,
reinforce
,
represent
,
retrogress
,
reverse
,
revert
,
rise
,
rotate
,
run
,
run interference for
,
second
,
shift
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
side with
,
sink
,
soar
,
speak for
,
spin
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand by
,
stand in for
,
stay
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
stir
,
stream
,
strengthen
,
subside
,
subsidize
,
substantiate
,
substitute for
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
take sides with
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
travel
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
understudy
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
validate
,
verify
,
vote
,
wane
,
warrant
,
whirl
buck up
collapse
related words >
animate
,
assure
,
bolster
,
brace
,
brace up
,
brighten up
,
brisk
,
brisken
,
cheer
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
console
,
embolden
,
encourage
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
fortify
,
fresh up
,
freshen
,
freshen up
,
hearten
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
light up
,
nerve
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
quicken
,
reanimate
,
reassure
,
recreate
,
refresh
,
refreshen
,
regale
,
reinvigorate
,
renew
,
revive
,
revivify
,
set up
,
solace
,
stimulate
,
support
,
take courage
,
take heart
,
upraise
,
vivify
prop
collapse
a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
related words >
advocate
,
afford support
,
airscrew
,
alpenstock
,
arm
,
athletic supporter
,
back
,
back up
,
backbone
,
backing
,
bandeau
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
bearer
,
beef up
,
blackface
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bra
,
brace
,
brace up
,
bracer
,
bracket
,
brassiere
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
cane
,
carrier
,
carry
,
case harden
,
cervix
,
clown white
,
column
,
confirm
,
corset
,
costume
,
cradle
,
crook
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
driver
,
fan
,
finance
,
fortify
,
foundation garment
,
fulcrum
,
fund
,
gird
,
girdle
,
give support
,
greasepaint
,
guy
,
guywire
,
harden
,
hold
,
hold up
,
impeller
,
invigorate
,
jock
,
jockstrap
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lean
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
maintainer
,
makeup
,
mast
,
neck
,
nerve
,
paddle wheel
,
pillow
,
piston
,
practical piece
,
prop up
,
propellant
,
propeller
,
property
,
propulsor
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
reinforcer
,
reinvigorate
,
rest
,
resting place
,
restrengthen
,
rigging
,
rotor
,
screw
,
screw propeller
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
shroud
,
spine
,
sprit
,
staff
,
stand
,
standing rigging
,
stave
,
stay
,
steel
,
stick
,
stiffen
,
stiffener
,
strengthen
,
strengthener
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustain
,
sustainer
,
temper
,
theatrical makeup
,
toughen
,
truss
,
turbine
,
twin screws
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underpinning
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upholder
,
upkeep
,
upright
,
vertical
,
walking stick
,
wheel
buttress
collapse
a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
related words >
abutment
,
advocate
,
affirm
,
afford support
,
alpenstock
,
arc-boutant
,
arm
,
athletic supporter
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
backbone
,
backing
,
bandeau
,
bank
,
beam
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
bearer
,
beef up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bra
,
brace
,
brace up
,
bracer
,
bracket
,
brassiere
,
breakwater
,
bulwark
,
buoy up
,
buttress pier
,
buttressing
,
cane
,
carrier
,
carry
,
case harden
,
certify
,
cervix
,
circumstantiate
,
column
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
corset
,
cradle
,
crook
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
document
,
embankment
,
finance
,
flying buttress
,
fortify
,
foundation garment
,
fulcrum
,
fund
,
gird
,
girdle
,
give support
,
groin
,
guy
,
guywire
,
hanging buttress
,
harden
,
hold
,
hold up
,
invigorate
,
jetty
,
jock
,
jockstrap
,
jutty
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
maintainer
,
mast
,
mole
,
neck
,
nerve
,
pier
,
pier buttress
,
pillow
,
probate
,
prop
,
prop up
,
prove
,
rampart
,
ratify
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
reinforcer
,
reinvigorate
,
rest
,
resting place
,
restrengthen
,
retaining wall
,
rigging
,
seawall
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
shroud
,
spine
,
sprit
,
staff
,
standing rigging
,
stave
,
stay
,
steel
,
stick
,
stiffen
,
stiffener
,
strengthen
,
strengthener
,
subsidize
,
substantiate
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustain
,
sustainer
,
temper
,
toughen
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underpinning
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upholder
,
upkeep
,
validate
,
verify
,
walking stick
,
warrant
shore
collapse
a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
the land along the edge of a body of water
serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"
related words >
afford support
,
aquatic
,
back
,
back up
,
balneal
,
bank
,
beach
,
beam
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
berm
,
board
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
border
,
bordure
,
brace
,
brim
,
brink
,
broadside
,
brow
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
cheek
,
chop
,
coast
,
coastal
,
coastland
,
coastline
,
column
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
deep-sea
,
edge
,
embankment
,
estuarine
,
featheredge
,
finance
,
flange
,
flank
,
foreshore
,
frame
,
fringe
,
fund
,
give support
,
grallatorial
,
hand
,
handedness
,
haunch
,
hem
,
hip
,
hold
,
hold up
,
ironbound coast
,
jowl
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
labellum
,
labium
,
labrum
,
laterality
,
ledge
,
lend support
,
lido
,
limb
,
limbus
,
lip
,
list
,
littoral
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
many-sidedness
,
marge
,
margin
,
multilaterality
,
natant
,
natatorial
,
natatory
,
pillow
,
plage
,
planking
,
playa
,
profile
,
prop
,
prop up
,
quarter
,
ragged edge
,
reinforce
,
rim
,
riparial
,
riparian
,
riparious
,
riverbank
,
riverside
,
riviera
,
rockbound coast
,
sands
,
sea margin
,
seabank
,
seabeach
,
seaboard
,
seacliff
,
seacoast
,
seashore
,
seaside
,
selvage
,
shingle
,
shore up
,
shoreline
,
shoreside
,
shoreward
,
shoulder
,
side
,
sideline
,
siding
,
skirt
,
stay
,
strand
,
submerged coast
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
swimming
,
temple
,
tidal
,
tidewater
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underpinning
,
underset
,
unilaterality
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
verge
,
water-dwelling
,
water-growing
,
water-living
,
water-loving
,
waterfront
,
waterside
uphold
collapse
stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"
related words >
OK
,
accept
,
admire
,
advocate
,
affirm
,
afford support
,
aid
,
allege in support
,
answer
,
approve
,
approve of
,
argue for
,
assert
,
assist
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
backstop
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
bless
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
boost
,
brace
,
buoy
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
cast up
,
certify
,
champion
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
conserve
,
contend for
,
copyright
,
corroborate
,
countenance
,
counter
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
defend
,
document
,
elevate
,
embrace
,
endorse
,
erect
,
escalate
,
espouse
,
esteem
,
favor
,
finance
,
float
,
float high
,
fortify
,
fund
,
give support
,
guard
,
heave
,
heft
,
heighten
,
heist
,
help
,
hike
,
hoick
,
hoist
,
hold
,
hold up
,
hold with
,
jerk up
,
justify
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep alive
,
keep in countenance
,
keep intact
,
keep inviolate
,
keep safe
,
keep up
,
knock up
,
lend support
,
levitate
,
lift
,
lift up
,
lob
,
loft
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
not destroy
,
not endanger
,
not expend
,
not use up
,
not waste
,
patent
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pillow
,
plead for
,
preserve
,
probate
,
promote
,
prop
,
prop up
,
protect
,
prove
,
raise
,
raise up
,
ratify
,
rear
,
rear up
,
rebut
,
refute
,
register
,
reinforce
,
reply
,
respect
,
respond
,
ride high
,
riposte
,
rise
,
sanction
,
save
,
say in defense
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
side with
,
sky
,
spare
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
stand by
,
stand up for
,
stay
,
stick up
,
stick up for
,
strengthen
,
subsidize
,
substantiate
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
take kindly to
,
take up
,
think well of
,
throw up
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
up
,
upbear
,
upbuoy
,
upcast
,
upheave
,
uphoist
,
upkeep
,
uplift
,
upraise
,
uprear
,
upthrow
,
urge reasons for
,
validate
,
verify
,
view with favor
,
vindicate
,
waft
,
warrant
pat on the back
collapse
related words >
abet
,
aid and abet
,
ask for
,
assurance
,
assure
,
bear up
,
best wishes
,
bless
,
blessing
,
bolster
,
brace up
,
buck up
,
cheer
,
comfort
,
compliment
,
condole with
,
congratulate
,
congratulation
,
console
,
countenance
,
ease
,
embolden
,
emboldening
,
encourage
,
encouragement
,
feed
,
felicitate
,
felicitation
,
foster
,
give a bouquet
,
give comfort
,
give encouragement
,
good wishes
,
gratulate
,
gratulation
,
hand it to
,
hearten
,
heartening
,
inspiration
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
inspiriting
,
inspiritment
,
invite
,
keep in countenance
,
nerve
,
nourish
,
nurture
,
pay a compliment
,
put at ease
,
reassurance
,
reassure
,
rejoice with
,
relieve
,
set at ease
,
solace
,
support
,
sympathize with
brace up
collapse
related words >
animate
,
assure
,
beef up
,
bolster
,
brace
,
brighten up
,
brisk
,
brisken
,
buck up
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
cheer
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
confirm
,
convalesce
,
embolden
,
encourage
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
fortify
,
fresh up
,
freshen
,
freshen up
,
gain strength
,
get better
,
gird
,
harden
,
hearten
,
improve
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
light up
,
nerve
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
prop
,
quicken
,
rally
,
reanimate
,
reassure
,
recreate
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
refresh
,
refreshen
,
regale
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
renew
,
restrengthen
,
revive
,
revivify
,
set up
,
shore up
,
sleep it off
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
stimulate
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
take courage
,
take heart
,
temper
,
toughen
,
turn the corner
,
undergird
,
vivify
authenticate
collapse
establish the authenticity of something
related words >
OK
,
accept
,
accredit
,
affirm
,
amen
,
approve
,
attest
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
avouch
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
cosign
,
countersign
,
demonstrate
,
document
,
endorse
,
fortify
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
initial
,
justify
,
notarize
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass upon
,
permit
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
rubber stamp
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
seal
,
second
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
strengthen
,
subscribe to
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
swear and affirm
,
swear to
,
test
,
try
,
undergird
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
visa
,
vise
,
vouch for
,
warrant
hearten
collapse
related words >
abet
,
advocate
,
aid and abet
,
animate
,
arouse
,
assure
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
boost
,
brace up
,
brighten
,
buck up
,
buoy up
,
cheer
,
chirk up
,
comfort
,
condole with
,
console
,
countenance
,
dynamize
,
ease
,
electrify
,
embolden
,
encourage
,
endorse
,
energize
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
favor
,
fire
,
galvanize
,
give a lift
,
give comfort
,
gladden
,
go for
,
inflame
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
jazz up
,
keep in countenance
,
kindle
,
liven
,
nerve
,
pep up
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
put at ease
,
quicken
,
rally
,
reassure
,
rejoice
,
rejoice the heart
,
relieve
,
rouse
,
set at ease
,
shine upon
,
smile upon
,
snap up
,
solace
,
steel
,
stimulate
,
stir
,
strengthen
,
subscribe
,
support
,
sympathize with
,
vitalize
,
warm
,
zip up
fund
collapse
a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
invest money in government securities
provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
place or store up in a fund for accumulation
convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
related words >
Festschrift
,
Swiss bank account
,
accommodate
,
acknowledge
,
afford
,
afford support
,
aid
,
ana
,
angel
,
anthology
,
aquarium
,
assets
,
assist
,
available means
,
back
,
balance
,
bank account
,
bankroll
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear the expense
,
bear up
,
body
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bottom dollar
,
bread
,
bucks
,
budget
,
buttress
,
cache
,
capital
,
capital gains distribution
,
capital goods
,
capital structure
,
capitalization
,
capitalize
,
cash reserves
,
checking account
,
chip in
,
chrestomathy
,
circulating capital
,
clothe
,
collectanea
,
collection
,
command of money
,
compilation
,
contribute
,
corpus
,
crutch
,
data
,
defray
,
defray expenses
,
donate
,
dough
,
endow
,
endowment
,
equity capital
,
exchequer
,
fill
,
fill up
,
finance
,
finances
,
find
,
fixed capital
,
floating capital
,
florilegium
,
foot the bill
,
funds
,
furnish
,
give
,
give support
,
go Dutch
,
grant
,
green
,
grist
,
grubstake
,
hard cash
,
help
,
hold up
,
holdings
,
honor a bill
,
inventory
,
invest
,
keep
,
kitty
,
lend support
,
library
,
life savings
,
liquid assets
,
lolly
,
loot
,
lucre
,
maintain
,
make available
,
make provision for
,
means
,
menagerie
,
mine
,
money
,
moneyed capital
,
moneys
,
museum
,
nest egg
,
patronize
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the bills
,
pay the piper
,
pecuniary resources
,
pelf
,
pension
,
pension off
,
pocket
,
pool
,
prepare
,
present
,
principal
,
prop
,
prop up
,
property
,
provide
,
provide for
,
purse
,
raw data
,
ready
,
ready money
,
recruit
,
redeem
,
refinance
,
reinforce
,
replenish
,
repository
,
reserve
,
reserves
,
reservoir
,
resource
,
resources
,
savings
,
savings account
,
scratch
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
sponsor
,
stake
,
stand the costs
,
stock
,
store
,
subsidize
,
substance
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
supply
,
support
,
sustain
,
treasure
,
undergird
,
unregistered bank account
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
venture capital
,
wealth
,
wherewithal
,
working capital
,
yield
,
zoo
verify
collapse
confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"
attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)
related words >
affirm
,
assay
,
attest
,
audit
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
balance
,
balance the books
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
bring to test
,
buttress
,
certify
,
check
,
check and doublecheck
,
check out
,
check over
,
circumstantiate
,
clench
,
clinch
,
collate
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
cross-check
,
cut and try
,
demonstrate
,
document
,
double-check
,
essay
,
establish
,
experiment
,
fortify
,
give a try
,
give a tryout
,
guarantee
,
have a go
,
inventory
,
justify
,
overhaul
,
painstakingly match
,
play around with
,
practice upon
,
probate
,
prove
,
put to trial
,
ratify
,
recheck
,
reinforce
,
research
,
road-test
,
run a sample
,
sample
,
scrutinize comparatively
,
settle
,
shake down
,
show
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
take stock
,
taste
,
test
,
triple-check
,
try
,
try it on
,
try out
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
vouch for
,
warrant
gird
collapse
bind with something round or circular
related words >
band
,
bandage
,
beef up
,
begird
,
belt
,
belt in
,
bend
,
beset
,
bind
,
bind up
,
bolster
,
brace
,
brace up
,
bundle
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
chain
,
cinch
,
cincture
,
circle
,
confirm
,
dispose
,
do up
,
encincture
,
encircle
,
encompass
,
engird
,
ensphere
,
fleer
,
flout
,
forearm
,
fortify
,
gibe
,
girdle
,
girt
,
girth
,
harden
,
hem
,
invigorate
,
jeer
,
jest
,
lace
,
lash
,
leash
,
loop
,
nerve
,
prepare
,
prop
,
ready
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
ring
,
rope
,
round
,
shore up
,
sneer
,
splice
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
strap
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
swaddle
,
swathe
,
temper
,
tie
,
tie up
,
toughen
,
truss
,
twine around
,
undergird
,
whet the knife
,
wire
,
wrap
,
wrap up
,
wreathe
,
wreathe around
,
zone
substantiate
collapse
solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"
related words >
adduce
,
affirm
,
anatomize
,
assay
,
atomize
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
body
,
bolster
,
bring to test
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
cite
,
confirm
,
corporealize
,
corporify
,
corroborate
,
cut and try
,
demonstrate
,
descend to particulars
,
detail
,
document
,
embody
,
enter into detail
,
essay
,
experiment
,
exteriorize
,
externalize
,
fortify
,
give a try
,
give a tryout
,
give full particulars
,
have a go
,
incarnate
,
incorporate
,
instance
,
itemize
,
justify
,
manifest
,
materialize
,
objectify
,
particularize
,
personalize
,
personify
,
play around with
,
practice upon
,
probate
,
prove
,
put to trial
,
ratify
,
reembody
,
reincarnate
,
reinforce
,
research
,
road-test
,
run a sample
,
sample
,
shake down
,
specify
,
spell out
,
strengthen
,
substantialize
,
substantify
,
support
,
sustain
,
taste
,
test
,
transmigrate
,
try
,
try it on
,
try out
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
reassure
collapse
give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"
cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"
related words >
afford hope
,
ascertain
,
assure
,
augur well
,
bear up
,
bid fair
,
bolster
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buck up
,
buoy up
,
certify
,
cheer
,
cinch
,
clear up
,
clinch
,
comfort
,
condole with
,
console
,
decide
,
determine
,
dismiss all doubt
,
ease
,
embolden
,
encourage
,
ensure
,
establish
,
find out
,
fix
,
get at
,
give comfort
,
give hope
,
have good prospects
,
hearten
,
hold out hope
,
hold out promise
,
inspire
,
inspire hope
,
inspirit
,
insure
,
justify hope
,
make certain
,
make fair promise
,
make no doubt
,
make no mistake
,
make sure
,
make sure of
,
nail down
,
nerve
,
promise
,
put at ease
,
raise expectations
,
raise hope
,
relieve
,
remove all doubt
,
see that
,
see to it
,
set at ease
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
solace
,
sort out
,
support
,
sympathize with
,
uplift
cradle
collapse
a baby bed with sides and rockers
birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
run with the stick
hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
cut grain with a cradle scythe
hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
bring up from infancy
related words >
Colonial bed
,
Hollywood bed
,
Vaterland
,
afford support
,
appease
,
babyhood
,
back
,
back up
,
bassinet
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bed
,
bed-davenport
,
beginnings
,
berth
,
birth
,
birthplace
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
breeding place
,
brooder
,
bunk
,
bunk bed
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
calm
,
calm down
,
camp bed
,
care for
,
carry
,
cherish
,
childhood
,
clarifier
,
coddle
,
colander
,
compose
,
cool
,
cosset
,
cot
,
crib
,
cribble
,
crutch
,
cultivate
,
cushion
,
day bed
,
door bed
,
double bed
,
double bunk
,
dry-nurse
,
dulcify
,
duplex bed
,
ease
,
even out
,
fatherland
,
feather bed
,
feed
,
filter
,
fold-away bed
,
fondle
,
forcing bed
,
foster
,
four-poster
,
freshman year
,
genesis
,
gentle
,
give support
,
hammock
,
hatchery
,
hold
,
hold up
,
home
,
homeground
,
homeland
,
hospital bed
,
hotbed
,
hush
,
inception
,
inchoation
,
incipience
,
incipiency
,
incubator
,
incunabula
,
infancy
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
king-size bed
,
la patrie
,
lavish care on
,
lend support
,
lixiviator
,
lower berth
,
lull
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
mollify
,
mother
,
mother country
,
motherland
,
my Angel-infancy
,
nascence
,
nascency
,
native land
,
native soil
,
nativity
,
nest
,
nestle
,
nidus
,
nourish
,
nurse
,
nursery
,
nurture
,
origin
,
origination
,
pacify
,
pallet
,
pamper
,
panel bed
,
parturition
,
patria
,
percolator
,
pillow
,
pipe berth
,
poster bed
,
pour balm into
,
pregnancy
,
prop
,
purifier
,
put to bed
,
quarter berth
,
queen-size bed
,
quell
,
quiet
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
reinforce
,
rest
,
riddle
,
rock
,
rock to sleep
,
rocker
,
roll-away bed
,
rookery
,
screen
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sieve
,
sifter
,
single bed
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smoothen
,
sofa-bed
,
soothe
,
spoon-feed
,
stabilize
,
stay
,
steady
,
still
,
strainer
,
subdue
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
suckle
,
support
,
sustain
,
tester bed
,
the nursery
,
the old country
,
three-quarter bed
,
tranquilize
,
truckle bed
,
trundle bed
,
tuck in
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
wet-nurse
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
,
youth
inspirit
collapse
related words >
afford hope
,
animate
,
assure
,
augur well
,
bid fair
,
bolster
,
boost
,
brace up
,
breathe life into
,
brighten
,
bring into being
,
bring into existence
,
bring to life
,
buck up
,
buoy up
,
call into being
,
call into existence
,
cheer
,
chirk up
,
conceive
,
embolden
,
embue
,
encourage
,
endow with life
,
energize
,
enliven
,
exalt
,
exhilarate
,
fire
,
give a lift
,
give birth
,
give hope
,
give life to
,
gladden
,
have good prospects
,
hearten
,
hold out hope
,
hold out promise
,
imbue
,
infect
,
inform
,
infuse
,
inject
,
inoculate
,
inspire
,
inspire hope
,
invigorate
,
justify hope
,
liven
,
make fair promise
,
nerve
,
pick up
,
promise
,
quicken
,
raise expectations
,
raise hope
,
reassure
,
rejoice
,
rejoice the heart
,
spirit
,
spirit up
,
steel
,
strengthen
,
support
,
vitalize
,
vivify
rug
collapse
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
related words >
Axminster
,
Brussels carpet
,
Caucasian rug
,
Chinese rug
,
East Indian rug
,
Indian rug
,
Oriental rug
,
Persian rug
,
Savonnerie
,
Turkish rug
,
Wilton
,
afghan
,
air mattress
,
bed linen
,
bedclothes
,
bedcover
,
bedding
,
bedsheet
,
bedspread
,
blanket
,
body Brussels
,
bolster
,
broadloom
,
buffalo robe
,
carpet
,
carpeting
,
case
,
clothes
,
comfort
,
comforter
,
contour sheet
,
counterpane
,
cover
,
coverlet
,
coverlid
,
cushion
,
doormat
,
drop cloth
,
drugget
,
duckboards
,
eiderdown
,
fitted sheet
,
floorboards
,
flooring
,
ground cloth
,
ground-sheet
,
ingrain
,
innerspring mattress
,
lap robe
,
linen
,
litter
,
mat
,
mattress
,
moquette
,
namda
,
nammad
,
pad
,
pallet
,
patchwork quilt
,
pave
,
pavement
,
pillow
,
pillow slip
,
pillowcase
,
quilt
,
robe
,
rugs
,
sheet
,
sheeting
,
sleeping bag
,
slip
,
spread
,
springs
,
throw rug
,
tiling
,
underbed
,
underbedding
,
welcome mat
encourage
collapse
spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
related words >
abet
,
admonish
,
advance
,
advantage
,
advocate
,
aid
,
aid and abet
,
animate
,
ask for
,
assist
,
assure
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
boost
,
brace up
,
brighten
,
buck up
,
buoy up
,
caution
,
charge
,
cheer
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
comfort
,
condole with
,
conduce to
,
console
,
contribute to
,
countenance
,
ease
,
egg on
,
embolden
,
endorse
,
enjoin
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
exhort
,
expedite
,
expostulate
,
facilitate
,
favor
,
feed
,
forward
,
foster
,
further
,
give a lift
,
give comfort
,
give encouragement
,
gladden
,
go for
,
hasten
,
hearten
,
help
,
incite
,
induce
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
invite
,
issue a caveat
,
keep in countenance
,
lend wings to
,
liven
,
make for
,
move
,
nerve
,
nourish
,
nurture
,
pep up
,
persuade
,
pick up
,
preach
,
promote
,
prompt
,
push forward
,
put at ease
,
put forward
,
quicken
,
reassure
,
rejoice
,
rejoice the heart
,
relieve
,
remonstrate
,
set at ease
,
set forward
,
shine upon
,
smile upon
,
solace
,
speed
,
stimulate
,
subscribe
,
subsidize
,
support
,
sympathize with
,
urge
,
vitalize
,
warn
sustain
collapse
admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion"
supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"
related words >
abide
,
abide with
,
admit
,
advocate
,
affirm
,
afford support
,
allege in support
,
allow
,
answer
,
approve
,
argue for
,
assert
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
authorize
,
back
,
back up
,
be exposed to
,
be subjected to
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
bear up under
,
bear with
,
beef up
,
befriend
,
bide
,
board
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
brace up
,
brave
,
bread
,
brook
,
buoy
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
care for
,
carry
,
carry on
,
case harden
,
certify
,
champion
,
cherish
,
circumstantiate
,
coddle
,
confirm
,
conserve
,
contend for
,
continue
,
continue to be
,
copyright
,
corroborate
,
cosset
,
counter
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cultivate
,
cushion
,
defeat time
,
defend
,
defy time
,
digest
,
dine
,
document
,
dry-nurse
,
dwell
,
encounter
,
endorse
,
endure
,
espouse
,
exist
,
experience
,
extend
,
favor
,
feed
,
feel
,
finance
,
float
,
float high
,
fodder
,
fondle
,
forage
,
fortify
,
foster
,
fund
,
gird
,
give support
,
go
,
go on
,
go through
,
grass
,
gratify
,
graze
,
guard
,
hang in
,
hang in there
,
hang tough
,
harden
,
have
,
hold
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
hold up
,
invigorate
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep alive
,
keep going
,
keep intact
,
keep inviolate
,
keep on
,
keep safe
,
keep up
,
know
,
labor under
,
last
,
last long
,
last out
,
lavish care on
,
lend support
,
lengthen
,
live
,
live on
,
live through
,
lug
,
lump
,
lump it
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
meat
,
meet
,
meet up with
,
meet with
,
mess
,
mother
,
nerve
,
not destroy
,
not endanger
,
not expend
,
not use up
,
not waste
,
nourish
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
nutrify
,
pack
,
pamper
,
pass through
,
pasture
,
patent
,
pay
,
perdure
,
perennate
,
perpetuate
,
persevere
,
persist
,
persist in
,
pillow
,
plead for
,
preserve
,
prevail
,
probate
,
prolong
,
prop
,
prop up
,
protect
,
protract
,
prove
,
provision
,
put up with
,
ratify
,
rebut
,
recognize
,
refresh
,
refute
,
regale
,
register
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
remain
,
reply
,
respond
,
restrengthen
,
retain
,
ride high
,
riposte
,
run
,
run on
,
run up against
,
sanction
,
satisfy
,
save
,
say in defense
,
see
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
spare
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
spend
,
spoon-feed
,
stand
,
stand by
,
stand for
,
stand under
,
stand up for
,
stay
,
stay on
,
steel
,
stick
,
stick up for
,
stiffen
,
stomach
,
strengthen
,
subsidize
,
subsist
,
substantiate
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
suckle
,
suffer
,
support
,
survive
,
take up with
,
tarry
,
taste
,
temper
,
tide over
,
tolerate
,
tote
,
toughen
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
undergo
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
uplift
,
upraise
,
urge reasons for
,
validate
,
verify
,
waft
,
warrant
,
wear
,
wear well
,
weather
,
wet-nurse
,
wine and dine
,
withstand
maintain
collapse
state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"
related words >
abide
,
accommodate
,
account as
,
advocate
,
affirm
,
afford
,
afford support
,
allege
,
allege in support
,
announce
,
annunciate
,
answer
,
argue
,
argue for
,
assert
,
assever
,
asseverate
,
assume
,
aver
,
avouch
,
avow
,
back
,
back up
,
be afraid
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
bide
,
blow to
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bottle up
,
brace
,
brook no denial
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
care for
,
carry
,
carry on
,
champion
,
claim
,
clothe
,
conceive
,
conserve
,
consider
,
contend
,
contend for
,
continue
,
continue to be
,
contribute
,
copyright
,
cork up
,
correct
,
counter
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cultivate
,
cushion
,
daresay
,
declare
,
deem
,
defeat time
,
defend
,
defy time
,
donate
,
dwell
,
emphasize
,
endow
,
endure
,
enunciate
,
espouse
,
esteem
,
estimate
,
exist
,
expect
,
express
,
extend
,
fancy
,
fight for
,
fill
,
fill up
,
finance
,
find
,
fund
,
furnish
,
give
,
give support
,
go on
,
go treat
,
guard
,
guess
,
have
,
have a hunch
,
have an idea
,
have an impression
,
have an inkling
,
have the idea
,
hold
,
hold as
,
hold in
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
hold up
,
husband
,
imagine
,
inhibit
,
insist
,
insist on
,
insist upon
,
invest
,
issue a manifesto
,
judge
,
justify
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep alive
,
keep going
,
keep in
,
keep intact
,
keep inviolate
,
keep on
,
keep safe
,
keep up
,
last
,
last long
,
last out
,
lay down
,
lend support
,
lengthen
,
live
,
live on
,
live through
,
lock in
,
look after
,
look upon as
,
mainstay
,
make a plea
,
make available
,
make provision for
,
manage
,
manifesto
,
not destroy
,
not endanger
,
not expend
,
not use up
,
not waste
,
nurture
,
opine
,
patent
,
pay the bill
,
perdure
,
perennate
,
perpetuate
,
persist
,
persist in
,
pillow
,
plead for
,
predicate
,
prepare
,
present
,
preserve
,
press
,
presume
,
prevail
,
proclaim
,
profess
,
prolong
,
pronounce
,
prop
,
prop up
,
protect
,
protest
,
protract
,
provide
,
provide for
,
put
,
put it
,
rebut
,
reckon
,
recruit
,
rectify
,
refute
,
regard
,
register
,
reinforce
,
remain
,
replenish
,
reply
,
repress
,
respond
,
retain
,
right
,
riposte
,
run
,
run on
,
save
,
save up
,
say
,
say in defense
,
set down
,
set down as
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
spare
,
speak
,
speak for
,
speak out
,
speak up
,
speak up for
,
stand
,
stand by
,
stand drinks
,
stand for
,
stand on
,
stand to
,
stand treat
,
stand up for
,
state
,
stay
,
stay on
,
stick to
,
stick up for
,
stock
,
store
,
stress
,
submit
,
subsidize
,
subsist
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
supply
,
support
,
suppose
,
suppress
,
surmise
,
survive
,
suspect
,
sustain
,
take
,
take care of
,
take for
,
take it
,
take no denial
,
tarry
,
testify
,
think
,
tide over
,
treat
,
treat to
,
trow
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
urge
,
urge reasons for
,
view as
,
vindicate
,
vouchsafe
,
warrant
,
wear
,
wear well
,
ween
,
yield
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