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English Dictionary: sustenance |
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2 results for sustenance |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- sustenance
- n
- a source of materials to nourish the body [syn:
nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals]
- 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"
Synonym(s): support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
- the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
Synonym(s): sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
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.
2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions;
means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. [bd]A
man of little sustenance.[b8] --Chaucer.
For lying is thy sustenance, thy food. --Milton.
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