Thursday, March 12, 2015

SUSTAIN

WORD: SUSTAIN

MEANING:
1.
a. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong: sustain an effort.
b. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
2.
a. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for: the income needed to sustain a family.
b. To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage: We were sustained by her unflagging optimism.
3. To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop: The beams sustain the weight of the roof.
4.
a. To bear up under; withstand: can't sustain the blistering heat.
b. To experience or suffer: sustained minor injuries.
5. To affirm the validity of: The judge has sustained the prosecutor's objection.
6. maintain, continue


EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She alone sustained her family
2. Objection sustain


PRONOUNCE:
sus·tain - सस्टेन / सस्टैन

LINK: SUSTAIN

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