sustain
Other forms: sustained; sustaining; sustains
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.
Beams and rafters sustain a roof — they keep it up. If you sustain a conversation over the course of hours, you keep it going during that time. If you sustain an injury, it means you are injured. If you sustain an interest in what you're studying, it means that you're just as excited about the subject after studying as you are when you began.
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lengthen or extend in duration or space“We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible”
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supply with necessities and support“She alone sustained her family”“The money will sustain our good cause”
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provide with nourishment
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be the physical support of; carry the weight of
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scaffold
provide with a scaffold for support
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block
support, secure, or raise with a block
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carry
bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
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chock
support on chocks
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buoy, buoy up
keep afloat
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pole
support on poles
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bracket
support with brackets
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underpin
support from beneath
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prop, prop up, shore, shore up
support by placing against something solid or rigid
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truss
support structurally
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brace
support by bracing
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bolster
prop up with a pillow or bolster
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tread
brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
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admit as valid“The court sustained the motion”
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type of:
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acknowledge, admit
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
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acknowledge, admit
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establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
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synonyms:
affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support
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Antonyms:
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contradict, negate
prove negative; show to be false
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back, back up
establish as valid or genuine
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vouch
give supporting evidence
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verify
confirm the truth of
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demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
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document
support or supply with references
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validate
prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
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check, check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off
put a check mark on or near or next to
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ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it
be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
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check
verify by consulting a source or authority
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prove oneself
show one's ability or courage
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prove
prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
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source
specify the origin of
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contradict, negate
prove negative; show to be false
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stultify
prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
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contradict, negate
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undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
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have
suffer from; be ill with
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break down, collapse
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
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cramp
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
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break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
suffer a nervous breakdown
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drop like flies
rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers
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fall over, go over
fall forward and down
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type of:
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experience, get, have, receive
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
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have
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Vocabulary lists containing sustain
With a name that translates into Stout Heart, fifteen-year-old Mafatu, the son of the Great Chief of the Polynesian island of Hikueru, is determined to conquer his fear of the sea.
In this first book of the Samurai Detective series set in 18th-century Japan, Konoike Seikei, a tea merchant’s son dreaming of becoming a noble warrior-poet, helps a judge solve the mystery of a missing jewel.
Twelve-year old Charlotte Lockard lives in Pennsylvania while eleven-year-old Benjamin Boxer lives in Louisiana, but they connect through an online Scrabble game and their shared troubles.
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