To sustain the weight of

• uphold

  1. To hold aloft; raise:
  2. To prevent from falling or sinking; support:
  3. To maintain or affirm:

  • Go to "uphold" definitions

  1. To hold aloft; raise:
  2. To prevent from falling or sinking; support:
  3. To maintain or affirm:

  • Go to "uphold" definitions
• hold

  1. To have and keep in one's grasp:
  2. To aim or direct; point:
  3. To keep from falling or moving; support:

  • Go to "hold" definitions

  1. To have and keep in one's grasp:
  2. To aim or direct; point:
  3. To keep from falling or moving; support:

  • Go to "hold" definitions
• carry

  1. To hold or support while moving; bear:
  2. To move or take from one place to another; transport:
  3. To escort or accompany.

  • Go to "carry" definitions

  1. To hold or support while moving; bear:
  2. To move or take from one place to another; transport:
  3. To escort or accompany.

  • Go to "carry" definitions
• bear

  1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
  2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
  3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:

  • Go to "bear" definitions

  1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
  2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
  3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:

  • Go to "bear" definitions

To hold up

• sustain

  1. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
  2. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
  3. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for:

  • Go to "sustain" definitions

  1. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
  2. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
  3. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for:

  • Go to "sustain" definitions
• carry

  1. To hold or support while moving; bear:
  2. To move or take from one place to another; transport:
  3. To escort or accompany.

  • Go to "carry" definitions

  1. To hold or support while moving; bear:
  2. To move or take from one place to another; transport:
  3. To escort or accompany.

  • Go to "carry" definitions
• bear

  1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
  2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
  3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:

  • Go to "bear" definitions

  1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
  2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
  3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:

  • Go to "bear" definitions

To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty

• uphold

  1. To hold aloft; raise:
  2. To prevent from falling or sinking; support:
  3. To maintain or affirm:

  • Go to "uphold" definitions

  1. To hold aloft; raise:
  2. To prevent from falling or sinking; support:
  3. To maintain or affirm:

  • Go to "uphold" definitions
• sustain

  1. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
  2. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
  3. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for:

  • Go to "sustain" definitions

  1. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
  2. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
  3. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for:

  • Go to "sustain" definitions
• prop

  1. An object placed beneath or against a structure to keep it from falling or shaking; a support.
  2. One that serves as a means of support or assistance.
  3. To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.

  • Go to "prop" definitions

  1. An object placed beneath or against a structure to keep it from falling or shaking; a support.
  2. One that serves as a means of support or assistance.
  3. To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.

  • Go to "prop" definitions
• buoy

  1. A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
  2. A life buoy.
  3. To keep afloat or aloft:

  • Go to "buoy" definitions

  1. A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
  2. A life buoy.
  3. To keep afloat or aloft:

  • Go to "buoy" definitions
• bolster

  1. A long narrow pillow or cushion.
  2. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.
  3. To buoy up or hearten:

  • Go to "bolster" definitions

  1. A long narrow pillow or cushion.
  2. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.
  3. To buoy up or hearten:

  • Go to "bolster" definitions

To supply with the necessities of life

• provide for

  • Go to "provide for" definitions

  • Go to "provide for" definitions
• maintain

  1. To keep up or carry on; continue:
  2. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain:
  3. To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency:

  • Go to "maintain" definitions

  1. To keep up or carry on; continue:
  2. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain:
  3. To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency:

  • Go to "maintain" definitions
• keep

  1. To retain possession of:
  2. To have as a supply:
  3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:

  • Go to "keep" definitions

  1. To retain possession of:
  2. To have as a supply:
  3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:

  • Go to "keep" definitions

To aid the cause of by approving or favoring

• uphold

  1. To hold aloft; raise:
  2. To prevent from falling or sinking; support:
  3. To maintain or affirm:

  • Go to "uphold" definitions

  1. To hold aloft; raise:
  2. To prevent from falling or sinking; support:
  3. To maintain or affirm:

  • Go to "uphold" definitions
• stand by

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to make ready.
  2. (idiomatic) To remain loyal or faithful to.
  3. To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.

  • Go to "stand by" definitions

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to make ready.
  2. (idiomatic) To remain loyal or faithful to.
  3. To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.

  • Go to "stand by" definitions
• stand behind

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see stand,"Ž behind.
  2. (idiomatic) To support; express one's support

  • Go to "stand behind" definitions

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see stand,"Ž behind.
  2. (idiomatic) To support; express one's support

  • Go to "stand behind" definitions
• side with

  1. To choose to take the same point of view as (someone).

  • Go to "side with" definitions

  1. To choose to take the same point of view as (someone).

  • Go to "side with" definitions
• recommend

  1. To praise or commend to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse:
  2. To make attractive or acceptable:
  3. To advise or counsel:

  • Go to "recommend" definitions

  1. To praise or commend to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse:
  2. To make attractive or acceptable:
  3. To advise or counsel:

  • Go to "recommend" definitions
• plump for

  • Go to "plump for" definitions

  • Go to "plump for" definitions
• get behind

  • Go to "get behind" definitions

  • Go to "get behind" definitions
• endorse

  1. To express approval of or give support to, especially by public statement; sanction:
  2. To recommend (a product), often in exchange for payment, as in an advertisement.
  3. To write one's signature on the back of (a check) to obtain the amount payable or to make the amount payable available to a third party or to the bearer.

  • Go to "endorse" definitions

  1. To express approval of or give support to, especially by public statement; sanction:
  2. To recommend (a product), often in exchange for payment, as in an advertisement.
  3. To write one's signature on the back of (a check) to obtain the amount payable or to make the amount payable available to a third party or to the bearer.

  • Go to "endorse" definitions
• champion

  1. One that wins first place or first prize in a competition.
  2. One that is clearly superior or has the attributes of a winner:
  3. An ardent defender or supporter of a cause or another person:

  • Go to "champion" definitions

  1. One that wins first place or first prize in a competition.
  2. One that is clearly superior or has the attributes of a winner:
  3. An ardent defender or supporter of a cause or another person:

  • Go to "champion" definitions
• back

  1. The part of the trunk of the human body along and to the sides of the spine between the neck and the pelvis; the dorsum.
  2. The analogous dorsal region in other animals.
  3. The backbone or spine.

  • Go to "back" definitions

  1. The part of the trunk of the human body along and to the sides of the spine between the neck and the pelvis; the dorsum.
  2. The analogous dorsal region in other animals.
  3. The backbone or spine.

  • Go to "back" definitions
• advocate

  1. To speak, plead, or argue in favor of:
  2. To act as an advocate:
  3. One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender:

  • Go to "advocate" definitions

  1. To speak, plead, or argue in favor of:
  2. To act as an advocate:
  3. One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender:

  • Go to "advocate" definitions

To act as a patron to

• sponsor

  1. One who assumes responsibility for another person or a group during a period of instruction, apprenticeship, or probation.
  2. One who vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission, as to an organization.
  3. A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.

  • Go to "sponsor" definitions

  1. One who assumes responsibility for another person or a group during a period of instruction, apprenticeship, or probation.
  2. One who vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission, as to an organization.
  3. A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.

  • Go to "sponsor" definitions
• patronize

  1. To act as a patron to; support or sponsor:
  2. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis:
  3. To treat in a condescending manner, often in showing interest or kindness that is insincere:

  • Go to "patronize" definitions

  1. To act as a patron to; support or sponsor:
  2. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis:
  3. To treat in a condescending manner, often in showing interest or kindness that is insincere:

  • Go to "patronize" definitions

To put up with

• lump

  • Go to "lump" definitions

  • Go to "lump" definitions
• withstand

  • Go to "withstand" definitions

  • Go to "withstand" definitions
• tolerate

  • Go to "tolerate" definitions

  • Go to "tolerate" definitions
• take

  • Go to "take" definitions

  • Go to "take" definitions
• swallow

  • Go to "swallow" definitions

  • Go to "swallow" definitions
• sustain

  • Go to "sustain" definitions

  • Go to "sustain" definitions
• suffer

  • Go to "suffer" definitions

  • Go to "suffer" definitions
• stomach

  • Go to "stomach" definitions

  • Go to "stomach" definitions
• stand

  • Go to "stand" definitions

  • Go to "stand" definitions
• go

  • Go to "go" definitions

  • Go to "go" definitions
• endure

  • Go to "endure" definitions

  • Go to "endure" definitions
• brook

  • Go to "brook" definitions

  • Go to "brook" definitions
• bear

  • Go to "bear" definitions

  • Go to "bear" definitions
• accept

  • Go to "accept" definitions

  • Go to "accept" definitions
• abide

  • Go to "abide" definitions

  • Go to "abide" definitions

The act or an instance of helping

• succor

  1. Assistance in time of distress; relief.
  2. One that affords assistance or relief:
  3. To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress:

  • Go to "succor" definitions

  1. Assistance in time of distress; relief.
  2. One that affords assistance or relief:
  3. To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress:

  • Go to "succor" definitions
• relief

  1. The easing of a pain, distress, or anxiety:
  2. Something that alleviates pain, distress, or anxiety:
  3. Aid in time of danger:

  • Go to "relief" definitions

  1. The easing of a pain, distress, or anxiety:
  2. Something that alleviates pain, distress, or anxiety:
  3. Aid in time of danger:

  • Go to "relief" definitions
• help

  1. To give assistance to (someone); make it easier for (someone) to do something; aid:
  2. To give material or financial aid to:
  3. To wait on, as in a store or restaurant:

  • Go to "help" definitions

  1. To give assistance to (someone); make it easier for (someone) to do something; aid:
  2. To give material or financial aid to:
  3. To wait on, as in a store or restaurant:

  • Go to "help" definitions
• hand

  1. The terminal part of the human arm located below the forearm, used for grasping and holding and consisting of the wrist, palm, four fingers, and an opposable thumb.
  2. A homologous or similar part in other animals, as the terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates.
  3. A unit of length equal to 4 inches (10.2 centimeters), used especially to specify the height of a horse.

  • Go to "hand" definitions

  1. The terminal part of the human arm located below the forearm, used for grasping and holding and consisting of the wrist, palm, four fingers, and an opposable thumb.
  2. A homologous or similar part in other animals, as the terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates.
  3. A unit of length equal to 4 inches (10.2 centimeters), used especially to specify the height of a horse.

  • Go to "hand" definitions
• assistance

  1. The act of assisting.
  2. Aid; help:

  • Go to "assistance" definitions

  1. The act of assisting.
  2. Aid; help:

  • Go to "assistance" definitions
• assist

  1. to give help to; aid
  2. to work with as a helper or assistant
  3. to give help; aid

  • Go to "assist" definitions

  1. to give help to; aid
  2. to work with as a helper or assistant
  3. to give help; aid

  • Go to "assist" definitions
• aid

  1. To provide assistance, support, or relief to:
  2. To provide assistance, support, or relief:
  3. The act or result of helping; assistance:

  • Go to "aid" definitions

  1. To provide assistance, support, or relief to:
  2. To provide assistance, support, or relief:
  3. The act or result of helping; assistance:

  • Go to "aid" definitions
• abetment

  1. The act of abetting; instigating; inciting; encouraging. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

  • Go to "abetment" definitions

  1. The act of abetting; instigating; inciting; encouraging. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

  • Go to "abetment" definitions

An indication of commendation or approval

• recommendation

  1. The act of recommending.
  2. Something that recommends, especially a favorable statement concerning character or qualifications.
  3. Something, such as a course of action, that is recommended.

  • Go to "recommendation" definitions

  1. The act of recommending.
  2. Something that recommends, especially a favorable statement concerning character or qualifications.
  3. Something, such as a course of action, that is recommended.

  • Go to "recommendation" definitions
• endorsement

  1. The act of endorsing.
  2. The signature on a check, contract, instrument, or other document endorsing it.
  3. Approbation; sanction; support:

  • Go to "endorsement" definitions

  1. The act of endorsing.
  2. The signature on a check, contract, instrument, or other document endorsing it.
  3. Approbation; sanction; support:

  • Go to "endorsement" definitions
• backing

  1. Something forming a back:
  2. Support or aid:
  3. Approval or endorsement:

  • Go to "backing" definitions

  1. Something forming a back:
  2. Support or aid:
  3. Approval or endorsement:

  • Go to "backing" definitions

A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure

• underpinning

  1. Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall.
  2. A support or foundation:
  3. The human legs.

  • Go to "underpinning" definitions

  1. Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall.
  2. A support or foundation:
  3. The human legs.

  • Go to "underpinning" definitions
• stay

  1. To continue to be in a place or condition:
  2. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:
  3. To linger or wait in order to do or experience something:

  • Go to "stay" definitions

  1. To continue to be in a place or condition:
  2. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:
  3. To linger or wait in order to do or experience something:

  • Go to "stay" definitions
• shore

  1. The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.
  2. Land; country:
  3. Land as opposed to water:

  • Go to "shore" definitions

  1. The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.
  2. Land; country:
  3. Land as opposed to water:

  • Go to "shore" definitions
• prop

  1. An object placed beneath or against a structure to keep it from falling or shaking; a support.
  2. One that serves as a means of support or assistance.
  3. To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.

  • Go to "prop" definitions

  1. An object placed beneath or against a structure to keep it from falling or shaking; a support.
  2. One that serves as a means of support or assistance.
  3. To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.

  • Go to "prop" definitions
• crutch

  1. A support used by an injured or disabled person, often in pairs, as an aid to walking, having a vertical shaft that is sometimes forked, a horizontal grip for the hand, and a crosspiece that is positioned under the armpit or a cuff that wraps around the forearm.
  2. Something on which one depends, often excessively:
  3. A forked support or part.

  • Go to "crutch" definitions

  1. A support used by an injured or disabled person, often in pairs, as an aid to walking, having a vertical shaft that is sometimes forked, a horizontal grip for the hand, and a crosspiece that is positioned under the armpit or a cuff that wraps around the forearm.
  2. Something on which one depends, often excessively:
  3. A forked support or part.

  • Go to "crutch" definitions
• buttress

  1. a projecting structure, generally of brick or stone, built against a wall to support or reinforce it
  2. anything like a buttress; support or prop
  3. to support or reinforce with a buttress

  • Go to "buttress" definitions

  1. a projecting structure, generally of brick or stone, built against a wall to support or reinforce it
  2. anything like a buttress; support or prop
  3. to support or reinforce with a buttress

  • Go to "buttress" definitions
• brace

  1. A device that holds or fastens two or more parts together or in place; a clamp.
  2. A device, such as a supporting beam in a building or a connecting wire or rope, that steadies or holds something else erect.
  3. Suspenders.

  • Go to "brace" definitions

  1. A device that holds or fastens two or more parts together or in place; a clamp.
  2. A device, such as a supporting beam in a building or a connecting wire or rope, that steadies or holds something else erect.
  3. Suspenders.

  • Go to "brace" definitions

The means needed to support life

• upkeep

  1. Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
  2. The cost of such maintenance.

  • Go to "upkeep" definitions

  1. Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
  2. The cost of such maintenance.

  • Go to "upkeep" definitions
• sustenance

  1. The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood:
  2. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health:
  3. Something that sustains something else; essential support:

  • Go to "sustenance" definitions

  1. The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood:
  2. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health:
  3. Something that sustains something else; essential support:

  • Go to "sustenance" definitions
• subsistence

  1. The act or state of subsisting.
  2. A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life.
  3. Something that has real or substantial existence.

  • Go to "subsistence" definitions

  1. The act or state of subsisting.
  2. A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life.
  3. Something that has real or substantial existence.

  • Go to "subsistence" definitions
• maintenance

  1. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained:
  2. The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep:
  3. Provision of support or livelihood:

  • Go to "maintenance" definitions

  1. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained:
  2. The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep:
  3. Provision of support or livelihood:

  • Go to "maintenance" definitions
• living

  1. Possessing life:
  2. In active function or use:
  3. Of persons who are alive:

  • Go to "living" definitions

  1. Possessing life:
  2. In active function or use:
  3. Of persons who are alive:

  • Go to "living" definitions
• livelihood

  1. Means of support; subsistence.

  • Go to "livelihood" definitions

  1. Means of support; subsistence.

  • Go to "livelihood" definitions
• keep

  1. To retain possession of:
  2. To have as a supply:
  3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:

  • Go to "keep" definitions

  1. To retain possession of:
  2. To have as a supply:
  3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:

  • Go to "keep" definitions
• bread and butter

  1. Means of support; livelihood.
  2. The essential sustaining element or elements; the mainstay:

  • Go to "bread and butter" definitions

  1. Means of support; livelihood.
  2. The essential sustaining element or elements; the mainstay:

  • Go to "bread and butter" definitions
• bread

  1. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
  2. Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
  3. Something that nourishes; sustenance:

  • Go to "bread" definitions

  1. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
  2. Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
  3. Something that nourishes; sustenance:

  • Go to "bread" definitions
• alimony

  1. An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons.
  2. A means of livelihood; maintenance.

  • Go to "alimony" definitions

  1. An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons.
  2. A means of livelihood; maintenance.

  • Go to "alimony" definitions
• alimentation

  1. The act or process of giving or receiving nourishment.
  2. Support; sustenance.

  • Go to "alimentation" definitions

  1. The act or process of giving or receiving nourishment.
  2. Support; sustenance.

  • Go to "alimentation" definitions

Aid

• comfort

  1. To soothe in time of affliction or distress.
  2. To ease physically; relieve:
  3. A condition or feeling of pleasurable physical ease or relief from pain or stress:

  • Go to "comfort" definitions

  1. To soothe in time of affliction or distress.
  2. To ease physically; relieve:
  3. A condition or feeling of pleasurable physical ease or relief from pain or stress:

  • Go to "comfort" definitions
• assistance

  1. The act of assisting.
  2. Aid; help:

  • Go to "assistance" definitions

  1. The act of assisting.
  2. Aid; help:

  • Go to "assistance" definitions
• help

  1. To give assistance to (someone); make it easier for (someone) to do something; aid:
  2. To give material or financial aid to:
  3. To wait on, as in a store or restaurant:

  • Go to "help" definitions

  1. To give assistance to (someone); make it easier for (someone) to do something; aid:
  2. To give material or financial aid to:
  3. To wait on, as in a store or restaurant:

  • Go to "help" definitions

A reinforcement

• timber

  • Go to "timber" definitions

  • Go to "timber" definitions
• column

  • Go to "column" definitions

  • Go to "column" definitions
• pillar

  • Go to "pillar" definitions

  • Go to "pillar" definitions
• rod

  • Go to "rod" definitions

  • Go to "rod" definitions
• stake

  • Go to "stake" definitions

  • Go to "stake" definitions
• stave

  • Go to "stave" definitions

  • Go to "stave" definitions
• abutment

  • Go to "abutment" definitions

  • Go to "abutment" definitions
• rampart

  • Go to "rampart" definitions

  • Go to "rampart" definitions
• collar

  • Go to "collar" definitions

  • Go to "collar" definitions
• flotation

  • Go to "flotation" definitions

  • Go to "flotation" definitions
• stiffener

  • Go to "stiffener" definitions

  • Go to "stiffener" definitions
• backing

  • Go to "backing" definitions

  • Go to "backing" definitions
• guide

  • Go to "guide" definitions

  • Go to "guide" definitions
• prop

  • Go to "prop" definitions

  • Go to "prop" definitions
• dependence

  • Go to "dependence" definitions

  • Go to "dependence" definitions
• underpinning

  • Go to "underpinning" definitions

  • Go to "underpinning" definitions
• post

  • Go to "post" definitions

  • Go to "post" definitions
• pole

  • Go to "pole" definitions

  • Go to "pole" definitions
• buttress

  • Go to "buttress" definitions

  • Go to "buttress" definitions
• supporter

  • Go to "supporter" definitions

  • Go to "supporter" definitions
• shore

  • Go to "shore" definitions

  • Go to "shore" definitions
• stay

  • Go to "stay" definitions

  • Go to "stay" definitions
• stilt

  • Go to "stilt" definitions

  • Go to "stilt" definitions
• rib

  • Go to "rib" definitions

  • Go to "rib" definitions
• concrete block

  • Go to "concrete block" definitions

  • Go to "concrete block" definitions
• lining

  • Go to "lining" definitions

  • Go to "lining" definitions

Financial aid

• responsibility for

  • Go to "responsibility for" definitions

  • Go to "responsibility for" definitions
• alimony

  1. An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons.
  2. A means of livelihood; maintenance.

  • Go to "alimony" definitions

  1. An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons.
  2. A means of livelihood; maintenance.

  • Go to "alimony" definitions
• alimentation

  1. The act or process of giving or receiving nourishment.
  2. Support; sustenance.

  • Go to "alimentation" definitions

  1. The act or process of giving or receiving nourishment.
  2. Support; sustenance.

  • Go to "alimentation" definitions
• sustenance

  1. The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood:
  2. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health:
  3. Something that sustains something else; essential support:

  • Go to "sustenance" definitions

  1. The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood:
  2. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health:
  3. Something that sustains something else; essential support:

  • Go to "sustenance" definitions
• allowance

  1. The act of allowing.
  2. An amount that is allowed or granted:
  3. Something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose:

  • Go to "allowance" definitions

  1. The act of allowing.
  2. An amount that is allowed or granted:
  3. Something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose:

  • Go to "allowance" definitions
• relief

  1. The easing of a pain, distress, or anxiety:
  2. Something that alleviates pain, distress, or anxiety:
  3. Aid in time of danger:

  • Go to "relief" definitions

  1. The easing of a pain, distress, or anxiety:
  2. Something that alleviates pain, distress, or anxiety:
  3. Aid in time of danger:

  • Go to "relief" definitions
• care

  1. A concerned or troubled state of mind, as that arising from serious responsibility; worry.
  2. An object or source of worry, attention, or solicitude:
  3. Interest, regard, or liking:

  • Go to "care" definitions

  1. A concerned or troubled state of mind, as that arising from serious responsibility; worry.
  2. An object or source of worry, attention, or solicitude:
  3. Interest, regard, or liking:

  • Go to "care" definitions
• upkeep

  1. Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
  2. The cost of such maintenance.

  • Go to "upkeep" definitions

  1. Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
  2. The cost of such maintenance.

  • Go to "upkeep" definitions
• subsistence

  1. The act or state of subsisting.
  2. A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life.
  3. Something that has real or substantial existence.

  • Go to "subsistence" definitions

  1. The act or state of subsisting.
  2. A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life.
  3. Something that has real or substantial existence.

  • Go to "subsistence" definitions
• subsidy

  1. Monetary assistance granted by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise regarded as being in the public interest.
  2. Financial assistance given by one person or government to another.
  3. Money formerly granted to the British Crown by Parliament.

  • Go to "subsidy" definitions

  1. Monetary assistance granted by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise regarded as being in the public interest.
  2. Financial assistance given by one person or government to another.
  3. Money formerly granted to the British Crown by Parliament.

  • Go to "subsidy" definitions
• livelihood

  1. Means of support; subsistence.

  • Go to "livelihood" definitions

  1. Means of support; subsistence.

  • Go to "livelihood" definitions
• provision

  1. The act of providing or supplying something:
  2. The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation:
  3. Something provided:

  • Go to "provision" definitions

  1. The act of providing or supplying something:
  2. The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation:
  3. Something provided:

  • Go to "provision" definitions
• living

  1. Possessing life:
  2. In active function or use:
  3. Of persons who are alive:

  • Go to "living" definitions

  1. Possessing life:
  2. In active function or use:
  3. Of persons who are alive:

  • Go to "living" definitions
• maintenance

  1. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained:
  2. The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep:
  3. Provision of support or livelihood:

  • Go to "maintenance" definitions

  1. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained:
  2. The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep:
  3. Provision of support or livelihood:

  • Go to "maintenance" definitions

One who provides support

• preserver

  1. One who preserves.
  2. A life preserver
  3. A person who refinishes furniture.

  • Go to "preserver" definitions

  1. One who preserves.
  2. A life preserver
  3. A person who refinishes furniture.

  • Go to "preserver" definitions
• second

  1. A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a minute.
  2. The time needed for a cesium-133 atom to perform 9,192,631,770 complete oscillations.
  3. A brief interval of time; a moment.

  • Go to "second" definitions

  1. A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a minute.
  2. The time needed for a cesium-133 atom to perform 9,192,631,770 complete oscillations.
  3. A brief interval of time; a moment.

  • Go to "second" definitions
• provider

  1. One who supplies a means of subsistence:
  2. One that makes something, such as a service, available:

  • Go to "provider" definitions

  1. One who supplies a means of subsistence:
  2. One that makes something, such as a service, available:

  • Go to "provider" definitions
• backer

  1. One that backs a person, group, or enterprise:
  2. One who bets on a contestant.
  3. One who provides or works with backs or backing.

  • Go to "backer" definitions

  1. One that backs a person, group, or enterprise:
  2. One who bets on a contestant.
  3. One who provides or works with backs or backing.

  • Go to "backer" definitions

To hold up from beneath

• be a foundation for

  • Go to "be a foundation for" definitions

  • Go to "be a foundation for" definitions
• bear

  1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
  2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
  3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:

  • Go to "bear" definitions

  1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
  2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
  3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:

  • Go to "bear" definitions
• carry

  1. To hold or support while moving; bear:
  2. To move or take from one place to another; transport:
  3. To escort or accompany.

  • Go to "carry" definitions

  1. To hold or support while moving; bear:
  2. To move or take from one place to another; transport:
  3. To escort or accompany.

  • Go to "carry" definitions
• shoulder

  1. The joint connecting the arm with the torso.
  2. The part of the human body between the neck and upper arm.
  3. The joint of a vertebrate animal that connects the forelimb to the trunk.

  • Go to "shoulder" definitions

  1. The joint connecting the arm with the torso.
  2. The part of the human body between the neck and upper arm.
  3. The joint of a vertebrate animal that connects the forelimb to the trunk.

  • Go to "shoulder" definitions
• keep from falling

  • Go to "keep from falling" definitions

  • Go to "keep from falling" definitions
• undergird

  1. To support or strengthen from beneath.

  • Go to "undergird" definitions

  1. To support or strengthen from beneath.

  • Go to "undergird" definitions
• underpin

  1. To support from below, as with props, girders, or masonry.
  2. To give support or substance to:

  • Go to "underpin" definitions

  1. To support from below, as with props, girders, or masonry.
  2. To give support or substance to:

  • Go to "underpin" definitions
• mainstay

  1. A chief support:
  2. A strong rope that serves to steady and support the mainmast of a sailing vessel.

  • Go to "mainstay" definitions

  1. A chief support:
  2. A strong rope that serves to steady and support the mainmast of a sailing vessel.

  • Go to "mainstay" definitions
• stay

  1. To continue to be in a place or condition:
  2. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:
  3. To linger or wait in order to do or experience something:

  • Go to "stay" definitions

  1. To continue to be in a place or condition:
  2. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:
  3. To linger or wait in order to do or experience something:

  • Go to "stay" definitions
• shore

  1. The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.
  2. Land; country:
  3. Land as opposed to water:

  • Go to "shore" definitions

  1. The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.
  2. Land; country:
  3. Land as opposed to water:

  • Go to "shore" definitions
• sustain

  1. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
  2. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
  3. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for:

  • Go to "sustain" definitions

  1. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
  2. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
  3. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for:

  • Go to "sustain" definitions
• brace

  1. A device that holds or fastens two or more parts together or in place; a clamp.
  2. A device, such as a supporting beam in a building or a connecting wire or rope, that steadies or holds something else erect.
  3. Suspenders.

  • Go to "brace" definitions

  1. A device that holds or fastens two or more parts together or in place; a clamp.
  2. A device, such as a supporting beam in a building or a connecting wire or rope, that steadies or holds something else erect.
  3. Suspenders.

  • Go to "brace" definitions
• buttress

  1. a projecting structure, generally of brick or stone, built against a wall to support or reinforce it
  2. anything like a buttress; support or prop
  3. to support or reinforce with a buttress

  • Go to "buttress" definitions

  1. a projecting structure, generally of brick or stone, built against a wall to support or reinforce it
  2. anything like a buttress; support or prop
  3. to support or reinforce with a buttress

  • Go to "buttress" definitions
• bolster

  1. A long narrow pillow or cushion.
  2. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.
  3. To buoy up or hearten:

  • Go to "bolster" definitions

  1. A long narrow pillow or cushion.
  2. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.
  3. To buoy up or hearten:

  • Go to "bolster" definitions
• bear up

  1. (nautical) To sail close to the wind.
  2. (idiomatic) To endure hardship cheerfully.

  • Go to "bear up" definitions

  1. (nautical) To sail close to the wind.
  2. (idiomatic) To endure hardship cheerfully.

  • Go to "bear up" definitions
• shore-up

  1. (idiomatic) To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).

  • Go to "shore-up" definitions

  1. (idiomatic) To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).

  • Go to "shore-up" definitions
• bolster up

  • Go to "bolster up" definitions

  • Go to "bolster up" definitions
• keep up

  1. To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
  2. (idiomatic) To continue with (work, etc).
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To stay even or ahead.

  • Go to "keep up" definitions

  1. To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
  2. (idiomatic) To continue with (work, etc).
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To stay even or ahead.

  • Go to "keep up" definitions
• hold up

  1. (idiomatic) To wait or delay.
  2. To support or lift.
  3. (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.

  • Go to "hold up" definitions

  1. (idiomatic) To wait or delay.
  2. To support or lift.
  3. (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.

  • Go to "hold up" definitions
• prop

  1. An object placed beneath or against a structure to keep it from falling or shaking; a support.
  2. One that serves as a means of support or assistance.
  3. To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.

  • Go to "prop" definitions

  1. An object placed beneath or against a structure to keep it from falling or shaking; a support.
  2. One that serves as a means of support or assistance.
  3. To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.

  • Go to "prop" definitions

To uphold

• boost

  1. To raise or lift by pushing up from below.
  2. To increase; raise:
  3. To assist in further development or progress:

  • Go to "boost" definitions

  1. To raise or lift by pushing up from below.
  2. To increase; raise:
  3. To assist in further development or progress:

  • Go to "boost" definitions
• give a lift to

  • Go to "give a lift to" definitions

  • Go to "give a lift to" definitions
• rally-round

  1. (idiomatic, said of a group of people) To unite in order to support a fellow group member.

  • Go to "rally-round" definitions

  1. (idiomatic, said of a group of people) To unite in order to support a fellow group member.

  • Go to "rally-round" definitions
• take the part of

  • Go to "take the part of" definitions

  • Go to "take the part of" definitions
• stand back of

  • Go to "stand back of" definitions

  • Go to "stand back of" definitions
• keep up

  1. To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
  2. (idiomatic) To continue with (work, etc).
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To stay even or ahead.

  • Go to "keep up" definitions

  1. To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
  2. (idiomatic) To continue with (work, etc).
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To stay even or ahead.