Related Clues:

• Uses as a basis
• Applies pressure, in a way
• Uses as support
• Pressures to do better, maybe
• Lays atop
• Pressures
• Sits atop
• Gets support from
• Has as a foundation
• Leans against
• Leans against, perhaps
• Overlays
• Has as a base
• Uses for a base
• A Nelson (anag.)