Entry Word: sustain

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to supply with nourishment <a granola bar will sustain you long enough to last until lunch>

Synonyms nourish, nurture

Related Words sate, satiate, satisfy; cloy, fill, surfeit; fortify, strengthen; feed; board, cater, provision

2 to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it <sustained heavy losses in the flood> — see experience
3 to put up with (something painful or difficult) <I wonʼt sustain such insolence!> — see bear 2