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sustains

sustains is the plural of sustain.

sustains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sustain.

Meaning of sustain

Noun

sustain (plural sustains)

  1. A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
    • To call this music bland is to ignore the down-the-drain vocal fade-aways, the extended sax sustains […]2011, Chuck Eddy, Rock and Roll Always Forgets, page 265

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Questions about sustains

What is sustains the plural of?
Sustains is the plural of sustain.

Words near sustains in the dictionary

  1. sustaining programs
  2. sustainingly
  3. sustainings
  4. sustainment
  5. sustainments
  6. sustains
  7. sustainwash
  8. sustainwashed
  9. sustainwashes
  10. sustainwashing
  11. Sustaita

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