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Definitions for Sustain

[1] to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
[2] to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).
[3] to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.
[4] to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.
[5] to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation.
[6] to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.
[7] to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.
[8] to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.
[9] to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it: The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.
[10] to confirm or corroborate, as a statement: Further investigation sustained my suspicions.
[11] to hold up under; withstand to sustain great provocation
[12] to undergo (an injury, loss, etc); suffer to sustain a broken arm
[13] to maintain or prolong to sustain a discussion
[14] to support physically from below
[15] to provide for or give support to, esp by supplying necessities to sustain one's family ; to sustain a charity
[16] to keep up the vitality or courage of
[17] to uphold or affirm the justice or validity of to sustain a decision
[18] to establish the truth of; confirm
[19] music the prolongation of a note, by playing technique or electronics

Words related to Sustain

preserve, bolster, help, defend, assist, continue, nurse, save, buoy, withstand, undergo, feel, tolerate, see, have, suffer, feed, befriend, buttress, supply

Words nearby Sustain

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Origin of Sustain

1250–1300; Middle English suste(i)nen < Anglo-French sustenir, Old French < Latin sustinēre to uphold, equivalent to sus- sus- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold

Other words from Sustain

sus·tain·a·ble , adjective
sus·tain·ed·ly [suh -stey -nid-lee, -steynd -] /səˈsteɪ nɪd li, -ˈsteɪnd-/ , adverb
sus·tain·ing·ly , adverb
sus·tain·ment , noun
non·sus·tained , adjective
non·sus·tain·ing , adjective
pre·sus·tained , adjective
un·sus·tained , adjective
un·sus·tain·ing , adjective
well-sus·tained , adjective

Word origin for Sustain

C13: via Old French from Latin sustinēre to hold up, from sub- + tenēre to hold

Synonyms for Sustain

assist, bolster, buoy, continue, defend, help, nurse, preserve, save, aid, approve, back, bankroll, bear, befriend, brace, buttress, carry, comfort, confirm, convey, endorse, favor, feed, foster, lug, nourish, nurture, pack, prolong, prop, protract, ratify, relieve, supply, support, tote, transfer, transport, uphold, validate, verify, go for, keep alive, keep from falling, keep going, lend a hand, provide for, shore up, stand by, stick up for