<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.</li><li>Synonyms: carry</li><li>to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).</li><li>to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.</li><li>Synonyms: bear</li><li>to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.</li><li>to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation.</li><li>Synonyms: maintain</li><li>to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.</li><li>to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.</li><li>to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.</li><li>to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it: The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.</li><li>to confirm or corroborate, as a statement: Further investigation sustained my suspicions.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>