Underpinning

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall.
  • n. A support or foundation. Often used in the plural.
  • n. Informal The human legs. Often used in the plural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of underpin.
  • n. A support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall or a metaphorical basis for something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.
  • n.
  • n. That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed.
  • n. The foundation, esp. of a frame house.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting a superior part of a wall, etc., by introducing a support underneath it.
  • n. A solid structure, as a new foundation or other support, temporary or permanent, introduced beneath a wall, a building, etc., previously constructed, as when the original foundation has proved insufficient, or has been impaired from any cause. Also called undersetting, and in Scotland goufing.
  • n. The foundation-wall of a building, especially of a wooden one.
  • n. A method of well-sinking in which a wall is laid in sections.
  • Word Usage
    "PRESTON: I think the president was very interested in stabilizing and showing confidence and stability in these institutions, and then providing in place a longer-term underpinning through this regulator to make sure that that confidence goes well into the future."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    support   
    Verb Stem
    underpin