Definition of Sustain

1. Verb. Lengthen or extend in duration or space. "Keep up the good work"

Exact synonyms: Keep Up, Prolong
Specialized synonyms: Continue, Keep, Keep On, Retain
Generic synonyms: Bear On, Carry On, Continue, Preserve, Uphold
Derivative terms: Prolongation, Prolongation, Sustainable, Sustainer, Sustenance

2. Verb. Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses). "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
Exact synonyms: Get, Have, Suffer
Specialized synonyms: Break Down, Collapse, Cramp, Break Up, Collapse, Crack, Crack Up, Crock Up
Related verbs: Have
Generic synonyms: Experience, Get, Have, Receive
Derivative terms: Sufferer

3. Verb. Provide with nourishment. "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
Exact synonyms: Nourish, Nurture
Generic synonyms: Cater, Ply, Provide, Supply
Specialized synonyms: Carry
Derivative terms: Nourishment, Nutrient, Nurturance, Sustainable, Sustainment, Sustenance

4. Verb. Supply with necessities and support. "There's little to earn and many to keep"
Exact synonyms: Keep, Maintain
Specialized synonyms: Patronage, Reseed, Carry
Generic synonyms: Have, Have Got, Hold
Derivative terms: Keep, Maintenance, Maintenance, Sustenance

5. Verb. Be the physical support of; carry the weight of. "What's holding that mirror?"

6. Verb. Admit as valid. "The court sustained the motion"
Generic synonyms: Acknowledge, Admit
Derivative terms: Sustainable

7. Verb. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. "The evidence supports the defendant"

Definition of Sustain

1. v. t. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

2. n. One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.

Definition of Sustain

1. Noun. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To maintain (''something''), or keep it in existence. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To provide for or nourish (''something''). ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To encourage (''something''). ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To experience or suffer (''an injury, etc.''). ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate (''something''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sustain

1. to maintain by providing with food and drink [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sustain

suspiring
suspition
suss
suss law
suss out
sussarara
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sussreserve
sussultatory
sussuration
sussurations
sustain (current term)
sustainability
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sustainers
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Literary usage of Sustain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Not a fact is given to sustain this belief. The tallest trees cut did not reach the wires by 3 feet. So this case would establish a rule that the defendant ..."

2. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"A bough his brazen helmet did sustain ; His heavier arms lay scatter'd on the plain : 1190 ... And yet I live, and yet sustain the sight 1220 Of hated men, ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"... there was error In not directing a verdict for the plaintiff, on the question of variance, or because there was no evidence to sustain the verdict. 8. ..."

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