Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shore_up
1 sense of shore up
Sense 1
prop up, prop, shore up, shore -- (support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building")
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up -- (be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?")