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sustains

noun

Meaning

  1. A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
  2. To maintain, or keep in existence.
  3. To provide for or nourish.
  4. To encourage or sanction (something).
  5. To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
  6. To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
  7. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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