"shoring" in the noun sense
1. shore, shoring
a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
2. shoring, shoring up, propping up
the act of propping up with shores
"shoring" in the verb sense
1. shore
serve as a shore to
"The river was shored by trees"
2. land, set ashore, shore
arrive on shore
"The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
3. prop up, prop, shore up, shore
support by placing against something solid or rigid
"shore and buttress an old building"
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