To keep in a condition of good repair, efficiency, or use

• preserve

  1. To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect.
  2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged:
  3. To keep or maintain intact:

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  1. To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect.
  2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged:
  3. To keep or maintain intact:

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• 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:

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  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:

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• 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.

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

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To hold up

• support

  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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• 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.

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

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• 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:

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  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:

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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:

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

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• support

  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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• 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.

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  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.

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• 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:

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  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:

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• 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:

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  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:

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To put up with

• lump

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• withstand

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• tolerate

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• take

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• swallow

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• support

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• suffer

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• stomach

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• stand

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• go

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• endure

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• brook

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• bear

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• accept

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• abide

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To carry

• lug

  1. A handle or projection used as a hold or support.
  2. A lug nut.
  3. A lugsail.

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  1. A handle or projection used as a hold or support.
  2. A lug nut.
  3. A lugsail.

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• tote

  1. To haul; lug:
  2. To have or bear on one's person:
  3. A tote bag.

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  1. To haul; lug:
  2. To have or bear on one's person:
  3. A tote bag.

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• pack

  1. A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
  2. A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
  3. The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.

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  1. A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
  2. A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
  3. The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.

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• put a shoulder under

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• transfer

  1. To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
  2. To make over the possession or legal title of (property, for example); convey.
  3. To convey (a design, for example) from one surface to another, as by impression.

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  1. To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
  2. To make over the possession or legal title of (property, for example); convey.
  3. To convey (a design, for example) from one surface to another, as by impression.

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• transport

  1. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
  2. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
  3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.

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  1. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
  2. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
  3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.

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• convey

  1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
  2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
  3. To communicate or make known; impart:

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  1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
  2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
  3. To communicate or make known; impart:

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• keep from sinking

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• keep from falling

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• support the weight of

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• hold up

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

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

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• carry on the back

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• bear on the shoulder

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• support

  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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• 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:

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  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:

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To nourish

• nurse

  1. A person trained to provide medical care for the sick or disabled, especially one who is licensed and works in a hospital or physician's office.
  2. A person employed to take care of a young child.
  3. A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.

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  1. A person trained to provide medical care for the sick or disabled, especially one who is licensed and works in a hospital or physician's office.
  2. A person employed to take care of a young child.
  3. A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.

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• supply food for

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• nurture

  1. The action of raising or caring for offspring:
  2. The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism, especially in contrast to heredity.
  3. The fostering or overseeing of the development of something:

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  1. The action of raising or caring for offspring:
  2. The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism, especially in contrast to heredity.
  3. The fostering or overseeing of the development of something:

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• keep in health

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• maintain the health of

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• give food to

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• provide food for

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• 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:

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  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:

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• 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.

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

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To defend

• stand up for

  1. To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).

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  1. To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).

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• back up

  1. See backup.

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  1. See backup.

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• side with

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

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

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• 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:

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  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:

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• support

  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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• 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.

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  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.

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• favor

  1. A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted:
  2. Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support:
  3. A state of being held in such regard:

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  1. A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted:
  2. Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support:
  3. A state of being held in such regard:

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• befriend

  1. To behave as a friend to.

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  1. To behave as a friend to.

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