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SUPPORTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
Example:
he leaned against the wall for support
Synonyms:
support; supporting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("supporting" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supporting"):
propping up; shoring; shoring up (the act of propping up with shores)
dangling; hanging; suspension (the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely))
Derivation:
support (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of bearing a structural load
Example:
a supporting wall
Synonyms:
load-bearing; supporting
Classified under:
Similar:
bearing ((of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Furnishing support and encouragement
Example:
the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher
Synonyms:
encouraging; supporting
Classified under:
Similar:
supportive (furnishing support or assistance)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb support
Context examples:
A dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the hard and soft tissue supporting the teeth.
(Periodontist, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of supporting (glial) cell found in the nervous system.
(Astrocyte, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A cell that forms the supporting matrix of one of the glands that secretes substances into the blood or lymph.
(Endocrine-Stromal Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
The fallopian tubes, ovaries, and supporting ligaments of the uterus.
(Appendage of the Uterus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Remarkably, the predictions were confirmed, supporting the theory and providing new insight into how individual neurons control body movements.
(Fundamental Rules for How The Brain Controls Movement, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In addition to this dip in light, Hubble provided supporting evidence for the moon hypothesis by finding the planet transit occurring more than an hour earlier than predicted.
(Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System, NASA)
It promotes cellular proliferation and provides a supporting structure to which cells or cell lysates in culture dishes adhere.
(Extracellular Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)
Fat tissue and its supporting blood vessel network can change over time.
(Nanoparticles target, transform fat tissue, NIH)
Diverse family of structural proteins, including polymerizable globular subunits (actin, tubulin), motor ATPases (myosin, dynein), membrane-supporting linkers (spectrin, clathrin), fibrous proteins (keratin, vimentin), and many more.
(Cytoskeletal Protein, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
Cytoskeletal Genes encode Cytoskeletal Proteins, diverse structural proteins including polymerizable globular subunits (actin, tubulin), motor ATPases (myosin, dynein), membrane-supporting linkers (spectrin, clathrin), fibrous proteins (keratin, vimentin), and many more.
(Cytoskeletal Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
