Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or operation of propping with shores.
- noun A system of supporting shores.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of supporting with shores or props.
- noun A number or set of shores or props taken collectively.
- Awry; aslant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
- noun A system of props; props, collectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
shore . - noun Temporary
bracing used to prevent something, such as atunnel ,trench , orwall , fromcollapse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of propping up with shores
- noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
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Examples
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ProLogis has succeeded in shoring up its balance sheet with asset sales since late 2008, when some analysts were warning of bankruptcy.
ProLogis, Blackstone Near $1 Billion Property Agreement Anton Troianovski 2010
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But this group must do better in shoring up a 25th-ranked run defense.
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I thought dunning Burner for wanting to raise the cap on SS withholding and then accusing her of wanting to "raise taxes" was deceptive --- especially when you consider that Ronald Reagan DOUBLED SS withholding under the guise of saving retirement money for Baby Boomers and then spent ALL of the money on his dubious military prjects and in shoring up an economy that was failing because of tax breaks for the rich.
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From a political point of view he's also been very effective in shoring up his popularity.
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From a political point of view he's also been very effective in shoring up his popularity.
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It would be ironic for the United States, which has invested so much of its prestige in shoring up historic Lebanon, were constitutional reform to increase rather than diminish Syrian influence within the country.
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It would be ironic for the United States, which has invested so much of its prestige in shoring up historic Lebanon, were constitutional reform to increase rather than diminish Syrian influence within the country.
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The irony of the Reformation was that in the name of shoring up the old order, its dogmatism unintentionally gave birth to the living traditions of civil and political liberty.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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As much as I’m an advocate for progressive labor laws, all this off shoring is a direct response to the (relatively) high expectations for laborers in this country.
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What Blagojevich is doing is what "normal" politicians call shoring up their base.
The Senate has the power to exclude Roland Burris, say lawprofs Akhil Reed Amar and Josh Chafetz. Ann Althouse 2009
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