Definitions for the word, sustain

(n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.

(v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.

(v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.

(v. t.) To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.

(v. t.) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.


95 words found in the Scrabble word, sustain



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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