buttress, v.
(buttressed, buttresses, buttressing)
(buttressed, buttresses, buttressing)
make stronger or defensible
<verb.change>
buttress
sample sentences
"buttress your thesis"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
reinforce with a buttress
<verb.change>
buttress
sample sentences
"Buttress the church"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym