underpin
(verb) support from beneath
corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
(verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; “The stories and claims were born out by the evidence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
underpinning
present participle of underpin
underpinning (plural underpinnings)
A support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall.
(metaphorical) A basis for something.
(figurative, humorous) The lower body or legs.
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*pin`ning, n.
1. The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.
2. (Arch.) (a) That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed. (b) The foundation, esp. of a frame house. [Local, U.S.]
Un`der*pin", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Underpinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Underpinning.]
1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
