sustain
IPA: sʌstˈeɪn
noun
- (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
verb
- (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
- (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
- (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
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Examples of "sustain" in Sentences
- It sustains the needs of the monastery.
- Not all natural resources are sustainable.
- Food is a prime aspect for sustaining lives.
- Food sustains animals, including human's lives.
- Is lack of sustainability unendurable for the earth
- It has proven to be self sustaining and transmissible.
- But the works of the Capuchins were not sustained in Nepal.
- The ecosystem is sustainable whereas the anthroposystem is not.
- But there are lineaments of sustained conflict in the apparent chaos.
- Rigdon was sustained to the position by the membership of the church.
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