UNDERPIN as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • support from beneath
    Hypernyms(s) underpin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The stories and claims were born out by the evidence
    Hypernyms(s) underpin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)