undergird
/ʌndəˈɡəːd
/verb [with object]
1Secure or fasten from the underside, especially by a rope or chain passed underneath.
1.1 formal Provide support or a firm basis for: that’s a philosophy that needs to undergird retailers' business plans this year...
- Some are, some aren't, depending on the philosophical basis which undergird those theories.
- Her primary argument that passion undergirds all vital human endeavor and is the underlying basis for all human motivation/action leads to her overall conclusion.
- Until there are some real human institutions undergirding their society, they need a semi-authoritarian center.
Rhymes
- poor rate
- poor relation
- poor relief
- Poor Richard
- poor roll
- poorshouse
- poor-spirited
- street drug
- streeted
- street entertainer
- street entertainment
- street fight
- street fighter
- street fighting
- street firing
- street floor
- street food
- street front
- streetful
- street furniture
- street gas
- street girl
- street gossip
- street grid
- street hockey