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English

Etymology

, from , from sustenir (14c)

Noun

Something that provides support or nourishment.

Translations

Nahuatl: itaca

Synonyms

subsistence

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sustenance \Sus"te*nance\, n. [OF. sustenance, sostenance,
soustenance: cf. L. sustenentia endurance. See Sustain.]
1. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence;
as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
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2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions;
means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. "A man
of little sustenance." --Chaucer.
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For lying is thy sustenance, thy food. --Milton.
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WordNet sustenance
n 1: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment,
nourishment, nutrition, aliment, alimentation,
victuals]
2: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was
expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state
for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
[syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, {bread
and butter}]
3: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of
subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing
was their main sustainment" [syn: sustentation, sustainment,
maintenance, upkeep]

Moby Dictionary
TLC , aid , aliment , alimentation , alimony , backing , board , bread ,
bread and butter , care , carriage , carrying , cheer , chow ,
comestibles , continualness , continuance , continuation , continuity ,
creature comfort , cuisine , daily bread , eatables , eats ,
economic support , edibles , endowment , endurance , extension , fare ,
fast food , feast , food , food and drink , foodstuff , foodstuffs ,
groceries , grub , health food , ingesta , junk food , keep ,
kitchen stuff , lengthening , livelihood , living , maintenance , manna ,
meat , moral support , mothering , nosh , nourishment , nurture ,
nutriment , pabulum , pap , perpetuation , perseverance , persistence ,
price support , progress , progression , prolongation , protraction ,
provender , provision , provisions , psychological support , pursuance ,
rations , refection , refreshment , reliance , repetition , run , salt ,
scoff , security blanket , spread , staying power , straight course ,
subsidization , subsidy , subsistence , subvention , support ,
supportive relationship , supportive therapy , sustained action ,
sustaining , sustainment , sustentation , table , tender loving care ,
tucker , uninterrupted course , unremittingness , upholding , upkeep ,
viands , victuals , vittles , way