Synonyms:
encouraging, supporting
Meaning: furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
support, supporting
Meaning: the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening; "he leaned against the wall for support"
Usage examples
It will thus be seen that dew performs an important part in supporting vegetation.
Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it.
Two high iron towers supporting the cable of a current ferry add dignity to the twin settlements.
He did accordingly as he had determined, and supporting his weak limbs with a staff, entered the church.
"Then why's Gurgurk been supporting this damned Rakkeed?" Blount wanted to know, hastily interposing a piece.
Virginia stood there supporting Loreen, who stared stupidly at the rich magnificence of the furnishings around her.
We are camped opposite our lunch cairn of the 4th, only half a day's march from the point at which the last supporting party left us.
Some time before lunch we picked up the return track of the supporting party, so that there are now three distinct sledge impressions.
In his excitement he took his hand off Dick's shoulder and leaned forward a little farther, supporting himself now against the earthen wall.
As it constantly showed a deficit, its friends had become discouraged in supporting it, and the subscriptions on which it lived had been falling off.