verb🔗ShareTo support from below with props or masonry."You should underpin the mine roof to prevent further collapse."architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo give support to; to corroborate."Public confidence in politicians must underpin our democracy."theorystructuresystemsciencephilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall."The stone underpinning of the old house kept the wooden walls from touching the damp ground. "architecturebuildingstructurepropertyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA basis for something."I would like to know more about the underpinning of this political theory."theoryphilosophystructuresystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe lower body or legs."The heavy table needed repair because its underpinning was wobbly and about to collapse. "bodypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
