Dictionary Entry
underpin
underpin is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
- 2transitive verb
To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support.
- 3verb
support from beneath
- 4verb
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
"The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
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