Definitions for underpin

underpin un·der·pin

Spelling: [uhn-der-pin]
IPA: /ˌʌn dərˈpɪn/

Underpin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in underpin (deinnpru).

Definitions for underpin

verb (used with object)

  1. to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
  2. to replace or strengthen the foundation of (a building or the like).
  3. to furnish a foundation for; corroborate:

Origin of underpin

First recorded in 1515-25; under- + pin

Examples for underpin

We underpin our houses with granite; what 30 of our habits and our lives?

There were laws upon laws, endeavours to underpin the framework of a decaying society.

They found the hole in which Mrs. Higgs had stepped, and the pole which had been used to underpin the middle boards.

It is also their pattern to ignore the political problems that underpin the bad military performances of our “good guys.”

I resumed: Further we must underpin the runners and work up the earth herring-wise.

There was a matter of underpinning for a start, but it costs money to underpin the west end of a cathedral.

Serious settlements had taken place, and rendered it necessary to underpin the walls.

Word Value for underpin
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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