Reinforce - English meaning

Reinforce – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material.
Usage examples:
The helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork
Synonims:
StrengthenFortifyBolster upShore upButtressProp upUnderpinBraceStiffenToughenSupportHold upUnderprop

Strengthen and support

Reinforce translation into English

Reinforce: translate from English into Chinese

加强, 增援, 接应, 棐

Reinforce: translate from English into Dutch

Versterken

Reinforce: translate from English into French

Renforcer, Se renforcer, Raffermir, Armer, Blinder

Reinforce: translate from English into German

Verstärken, Stärken, Bestärken, Ausbauen, Vertiefen, Stützen, Verfestigen, Versteifen, Befestigen, Armieren, Zementieren

Reinforce: translate from English into Hindi

सुदृढ़, सुदृढ बनाना, शक्ति बढ़ाना, पुनः प्रचालित करना, प्रबलित करना, कुमक भेजना

Reinforce: translate from English into Italian

Rafforzare, Rinforzare

Reinforce: translate from English into Korean

강화하다, 보강하다, 증강하다, ...에 원군을 보내다, ...에 원병을 보내다, 자극에 대한 반웅을 강화하다

Reinforce: translate from English into Russian

Укреплять, Усиливать, Подкреплять, Армировать

Reinforce: translate from English into Spanish

Reforzarse, Armar

Word origin

late Middle English: from French renforcer, influenced by inforce, an obsolete spelling of enforce; the sense of providing military support is probably from Italian rinforzare .

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Reinforce – similar words

reinforcements

noun
The action or process of reinforcing or strengthening.
Usage examples:
Older electricity mains required reinforcement to meet increased demand

Reinforcements - all meanings in English

reinforcement

noun
The action or process of reinforcing or strengthening.
Usage examples:
Older electricity mains required reinforcement to meet increased demand

Reinforcement - all meanings in English

reinforced

verb
Strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material.
Usage examples:
The helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork

Reinforced - all meanings in English

Reinforce synonims

brace

breɪs

noun
A device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support.
Usage examples:
A neck brace

verb
Make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support.
Usage examples:
The posts were braced by lengths of timber

noun
Something that is used to support or connect things, or to make something stronger
Usage examples:
He was recently fitted with a brace for his bad back.

Brace - all meanings in English

buttress

ˈbʌt.rəs

noun
A structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it.
Usage examples:
The cathedral's massive buttresses

verb
Provide (a building or structure) with buttresses.
Usage examples:
We buttressed the wall as it was showing signs of cracking and collapse

verb
To give support to or strengthen something
Usage examples:
He looked for things that would buttress the prosecution case and win a conviction.

Buttress - all meanings in English

fortify

ˈfɔː.tɪ.faɪ

verb
Provide (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack.
Usage examples:
The enclave has been heavily fortified in recent years

verb
To make something stronger, especially in order to protect it
Usage examples:
A fortified town, fortify something with something they hurriedly fortified the village with barric…

Fortify - all meanings in English

hold up

collocation
Be the physical support of; carry the weight of

phrasal verb
Support and prevent something from falling.
Usage examples:
Concrete pillars hold up the elevated section of the railway

phrasal verb
Display something by holding it above one's waist or head.
Usage examples:
He held up the book so she could see the cover

Hold up - all meanings in English

stiffen

verb
Make or become stiff or rigid.
Usage examples:
He stiffened his knees in an effort to prevent them trembling

verb
Make rigid or more rigid

verb
To become or make something firm or more difficult to bend
Usage examples:
[ t ] to paint on linen, you first have to stiffen the fabric with a glue mixture., [ i ] his back …

Stiffen - all meanings in English

strengthen

ˈstreŋ.θən

verb
Make or become stronger.
Usage examples:
He advises an application of fluoride to strengthen the teeth

verb
To become more effective, or to make something more effective
Usage examples:
[ t ] somehow his illness strengthened their marriage and brought them closer together., [ t ] pare…

verb
To make something more effective or powerful
Usage examples:
A discussion paper aiming to strengthen the eu's competition regime has been circulated amongst com…

Strengthen - all meanings in English

support

verb
Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.
Usage examples:
The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun
A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.
Usage examples:
The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb
The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

Support - all meanings in English

toughen

verb
Make or become stronger or more resilient.
Usage examples:
He tried to toughen his son up by sending him to public school

Toughen - all meanings in English

underpin

verb
Support (a building or other structure) from below by laying a solid foundation below ground level or by substituting stronger for weaker materials.
Usage examples:
Work began on rectifying the structural problems of the library and extra piles were inserted and t…

verb
To give support to something or provide the starting point from which something can develop
Usage examples:
Falling unemployment was likely to underpin consumer confidence., these new products are part of a …

Underpin - all meanings in English

underprop

verb
Support, especially with a prop.
Usage examples:
A bearing is provided for underpropping the shaft extension of the free end of the printing roller.

Underprop - all meanings in English

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