Sustain

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts7 letters

Definition of Sustain

Verb

  1. To maintain, or keep in existence.

    "The professor had trouble sustaining students’ interest until the end of her lectures."

  2. To provide for or nourish.

    "provisions to sustain an army"

  3. To encourage or sanction (something). (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  4. To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).

    "The building sustained major damage in the earthquake."

  5. To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.

    "to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition"

Noun

  1. A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.

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