buttress

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a support usually of stone or brick;
supports the wall of a building
• Syn:
buttressing
• Hypernyms:
support
• Hyponyms:
flying buttress, arc-boutant

II - verb

1. reinforce with a buttress
- Buttress the church
• Hypernyms:
reinforce, reenforce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make stronger or defensible
- buttress your thesis
• Hypernyms:
strengthen, beef up, fortify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something