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support
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
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  1. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  2. To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
  3. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
bear
To carry over or hold (a sentiment)
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  1. To carry over or hold (a sentiment)
  2. To have a tolerance for; endure:
  3. To support or hold up; sustain
convey
To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
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  1. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
  2. To transfer or deliver property or the title thereto or a property right by a deed or another written instrument other than a will. To transfer or deliver property or the title thereto or a property right by a deed or another written instrument other than a will.
  3. To take from one place to another; transport; carry
transport
To carry off to a penal colony, etc.; banish; deport
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  1. To carry off to a penal colony, etc.; banish; deport
  2. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
  3. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
transfer
To make over or convey (property, title to property, etc.) to another
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  1. To make over or convey (property, title to property, etc.) to another
  2. To transfer oneself or be transferred; move
  3. Any and every method of removing something from one person or place to another; specifically, the handing over of possession or control of assets or title. Transfer may be affected by assignment, by delivery, by indorsement, and by operation of law. Any and every method of removing something from one person or place to another; specifically, the handing over of possession or control of assets or title. Transfer may be affected by assignment, by delivery, by indorsement, and by operation of law. the act of handing over possession or control.
pack
To choose or arrange (a jury, court, etc.) in such a way as to get desired decisions, results, etc.
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  1. To choose or arrange (a jury, court, etc.) in such a way as to get desired decisions, results, etc.
  2. To process and put into containers in order to preserve, transport, or sell:
  3. To wrap tightly for protection or to prevent leakage:
tote
To be armed with (a gun, etc.)
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  1. To be armed with (a gun, etc.)
  2. To have or bear on one's person:
  3. To carry or bear.
lug
To cause (an engine, for example) to run poorly or hesitate:
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  1. To cause (an engine, for example) to run poorly or hesitate:
  2. To carry or drag laboriously (something heavy)
  3. To run poorly or hesitate because of strain. Used of an engine:
maintain
To keep up or carry on; continue:
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  1. To keep up or carry on; continue:
  2. To keep in existence; sustain:
  3. To adhere or conform to; keep:
nurture
To encourage or help develop; cultivate:
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  1. To encourage or help develop; cultivate:
  2. To raise by educating, training, etc.
  3. To raise or educate (a child, for example).
nurse
To use, operate, or handle cautiously or carefully, so as to avoid injury, pain, exhaustion, etc.
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  1. To use, operate, or handle cautiously or carefully, so as to avoid injury, pain, exhaustion, etc.
  2. To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain:
  3. To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain:
befriend
To favor.
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  1. To favor.
  2. (Dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
  3. To act as a friend to; help
favor
To use gently; spare
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  1. To use gently; spare
  2. To approve, advocate, or support:
  3. To be for; support; advocate; endorse
stand by
(Idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to make ready.
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  1. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to make ready.
  2. To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.
  3. (Idiomatic) To remain loyal or faithful to.
support
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
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  1. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  2. To keep from falling in value, as by government purchases:
  3. To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
comfort
To give a sense of ease to
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  1. To give a sense of ease to
  2. To soothe in distress or sorrow; ease the misery or grief of; bring consolation or hope to
  3. (Law) To help; aid
side with
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).
stand up for
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).
maintain
To keep in a certain condition or position, esp. of efficiency, good repair, etc.; preserve
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  1. To keep in a certain condition or position, esp. of efficiency, good repair, etc.; preserve
  2. To keep in existence; sustain:
  3. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain:
preserve
To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
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  1. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
  2. To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.
  3. To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
bear
To offer; render:
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  1. To offer; render:
  2. To carry over or hold (a sentiment)
  3. To support or hold up; sustain
carry
To hold or support while moving; bear:
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  1. To hold or support while moving; bear:
  2. To gain support or victory for (a cause, point, etc.)
  3. To support financially
support
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
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  1. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  2. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  3. To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
bolster
To buoy up or hearten:
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  1. To buoy up or hearten:
  2. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.
  3. To prop up as with a bolster; support, strengthen, or reinforce
buoy
To hearten or inspire; uplift:
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  1. To hearten or inspire; uplift:
  2. To maintain at a high level; support:
  3. To mark or provide with a buoy
prop
To sustain or bolster
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  1. To sustain or bolster
  2. To support, hold up, or hold in place with or as with a prop
  3. To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.
support
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
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  1. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  2. To keep from falling in value, as by government purchases:
  3. To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
uphold
To keep from falling; support
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  1. To keep from falling; support
  2. To give moral or spiritual support or encouragement to
  3. To decide in favor of; agree with and support against opposition; sustain
abide
To wait patiently for:
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  1. To wait patiently for:
  2. To dwell, remain, reside, or stay.
  3. To stand fast; remain; go on being
accept
To receive a transplanted organ or tissue without immunological rejection.
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  1. To receive a transplanted organ or tissue without immunological rejection.
  2. To receive something, especially with favor. Often used with of.
  3. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).
bear
To have a tolerance for; endure:
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  1. To have a tolerance for; endure:
  2. To bring and tell (a message, tales, etc.)
  3. To hold and take along; carry; transport
brook
To put up with; tolerate:
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  1. To put up with; tolerate:
endure
To suffer patiently without yielding.
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  1. To suffer patiently without yielding.
  2. To put up with; tolerate:
  3. To hold up under (pain, fatigue, etc.); stand; bear; undergo
go
To be such, by and large:
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  1. To be such, by and large:
  2. (Informal) To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration:
  3. (Informal) To take on the responsibility or obligation for:
stand
To come to a stop; remain motionless.
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  1. To come to a stop; remain motionless.
  2. To go on enduring; put up with; bear; tolerate
  3. (Naut.) To take or hold a course
stomach
To tolerate; bear; endure
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  1. To tolerate; bear; endure
  2. A saclike muscular organ in vertebrate animals that stores and breaks down ingested food. Food enters the stomach from the esophagus and passes to the small intestine through the pylorus. Glands in the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid and the digestive enzyme pepsin.
  3. To be able to eat or digest
suffer
To put up with; tolerate:
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  1. To put up with; tolerate:
  2. To experience, undergo, or feel (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant):
  3. To undergo or experience (any process, esp. change)
support
To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:
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  1. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:
  2. To give courage, faith, or confidence to; help or comfort
  3. To give approval to or be in favor of; subscribe to; uphold
swallow
(Informal) To accept as true without question; receive gullibly
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  1. (Informal) To accept as true without question; receive gullibly
  2. To put up with (something unpleasant):
  3. To take in; absorb; engulf; envelop
take
To get hold of; grasp or catch
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  1. To get hold of; grasp or catch
  2. To understand or interpret:
  3. To accept or receive something:
tolerate
To refrain from interfering with or prohibiting (something undesirable or outside one's own practice or beliefs); allow or permit:
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  1. To refrain from interfering with or prohibiting (something undesirable or outside one's own practice or beliefs); allow or permit:
  2. To recognize and respect (others' beliefs, practices, etc.) without sharing them
  3. To bear, or put up with (someone or something not especially liked)
withstand
To resist or oppose with determined effort:
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  1. To resist or oppose with determined effort:
  2. To oppose, resist, or endure, esp. in a successful way
  3. To resist or endure (something) successfully.
lump
To treat or deal with in a mass, or include in one group
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  1. To treat or deal with in a mass, or include in one group
  2. (Informal) (like it or) lump it, to (willingly or) unwillingly have to put up with something disagreeable
  3. To put together in a single group without discrimination.
Find another word for sustain. In this page you can discover 76 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sustain, like: support, bear on the shoulder, bear, carry on the back, hold up, support the weight of, keep from falling, keep from sinking, convey, transport and transfer.

Sentence Examples

  • She sighed, no longer able to sustain her hope.

  • We don't have the people or supplies to sustain ourselves on the regular army side.

  • These passages inspire a hope, but do not sustain a certainty.

  • But his character was too weak to sustain the part.

  • But then, not being married, how could he understand what was required to sustain a marriage?

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