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Meaning of "sustain" and the crossword clue

- Bear the weight of
- Feed bear
- Hold up under
- Keep going
- Keep up
- Nourish
- Prolong
- Provide with nourishment
- Supply with the necessities of life
- Support
- USA isn’t agitating to get support
- Withstand
- 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.
- Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
- To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
- To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
- 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.
- To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
- One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.


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