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Adjective supporting has 2 senses
  1. encouraging, supporting - furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
    Antonym: unsupportive (indirect, via supportive)
  2. load-bearing, supporting - capable of bearing a structural load; "a supporting wall"
    Antonym: nonbearing (indirect, via bearing)
,Noun supporting has 1 sense
  1. support, supporting - the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening; "he leaned against the wall for support"
    --1 is a kind of activity
    --1 has particulars:
     shoring, shoring up, propping up; suspension, dangling, hanging
    Derived form: verb support4
,Verb support has 11 senses
  1. support, back up - give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
    Derived forms: noun support3, noun supporter2, noun supporter3
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot support Sue
  2. support - support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
    --2 is one way to     give
    Derived forms: noun support11, noun support6, noun support1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support - be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
    --3 is one way to approve, O.K., okay, sanction
    Derived forms: noun support2, noun supporter1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. hold, support, sustain, hold up - be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"
    Derived forms: noun support8, noun support10, noun support7, noun supporter4, noun supporting1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  5. confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm - establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
    Derived form: noun support5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  6. subscribe, support - adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
    --6 is one way to agree, hold, concur, concord
    Derived form: noun support2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  7. corroborate, underpin, bear out, support - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
    --7 is one way to match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
    Derived form: noun support5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  8. defend, support, fend for - argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
    --8 is one way to argue, reason
    Derived forms: noun support2, noun supporter2, noun supporter1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  9. support - play a subordinate role to (another performer); "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
    --9 is one way to     act, play, represent
    Derived form: noun support9
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  10. patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going - be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
    --10 is one way to foster, nurture
    Derived form: noun supporter2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  11. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
    --11 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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