Sustain means to support something or keep it going. If you get hungry in the mid afternoon, you might try snacking to sustain your energy through dinner.
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support;
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undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
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establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
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admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion"
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supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There''s little to earn and many to keep"
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provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
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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?"
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lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"
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.
v. t.
Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the
like; to support.
v. t.
To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to
nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
v. t.
To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
v. t.
To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up
under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
v. t.
To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
v. t.
To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to
sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained
the action or suit.
v. t.
To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or
confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation,
or a proposition.
n.
One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
Sustain
Every pillar the temple to sustain.2.
No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world.3.
His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain.5.
Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain?
You shall sustain more new disgraces.7.
Sustain
I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord.
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support;
One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
Usage Examples
I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.
But to sustain a marriage for 50 years, you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says, 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more.'
Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom.
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. They don't want to and they don't have the means to sustain it. That's where my heart is and that's what I think about all the time.
I think it's real easy to be famous these days it's not real easy to sustain success.
My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America.
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Other Usage ExamplesPeople talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly clearly. Periodic famines are due to too many people living on land that can't sustain them.
I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value.
It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.
I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against the law of nature.
I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace.
I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.
Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself.
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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