sustaining

Verb

sustain (third-person singular simple present sustains, present participle sustaining, simple past and past participle sustained)

1. (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
   • The professor had trouble sustaining students’ interest until the end of her lectures.
2. (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
   • provisions to sustain an army

   Synonyms:

   hold

3. (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
4. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
   • The building sustained major damage in the earthquake.
5. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
   • to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition
6. To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.

   Antonyms:

   overrule

See all 10 meanings of sustain