The meaning of SUSTAIN is to give support or relief to. How to use sustain in a sentence. Did you know?
SUSTAIN definition: 1. to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time: 2. to keep alive: 3. to suffer.. Learn more.
SUSTAIN definition: to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure. See examples of sustain used in a sentence.
to provide for or give support to, esp by supplying necessities to sustain one's family to sustain a charity
- to hold up under; withstand: to sustain great provocation. 2. to undergo (an injury, loss, etc); suffer: to sustain a broken arm. 3. to maintain or prolong: to sustain a discussion.
Definition of sustain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to keep up or going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation. to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life: The candy bars were just enough to sustain us until the rescuers arrived.
Sustain means to support something or keep it going. If you get hungry in the mid-afternoon, you might try snacking to sustain your energy through dinner.
SUSTAIN meaning: 1. to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time: 2. to keep alive: 3. to suffer.. Learn more.
sustain verb [T] (SUPPORT) to support someone or something so that they can live or exist:
