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Dictionary Results For "sustenance" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Etymology

, from , from sustenir (14c)

Noun

  1. Something that provides support or nourishment.


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et:sustenance io:sustenance ku:sustenance hu:sustenance ja:sustenance fi:sustenance te:sustenance vi:sustenance

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.
[1913 Webster]

2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions;
means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. "A man
of little sustenance." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

For lying is thy sustenance, thy food. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
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


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