See underpin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "支撐 /支撑"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "podepřít"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "ondersteunen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "dragen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "schragen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "pönkittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "étayer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "supporter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "soutenir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "unterstützen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "stützen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "untermauern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "sorreggere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "informare"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "apevar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "podtrzymywać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddérživatʹ",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "подде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "respaldar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "sustentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "stödja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "stötta"
}
],
"word": "underpin"
}
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