English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of sustain

sustain

/verb/ बनाए रखना; जीवित रखना; झेलना; संभालना; थामना; भुगतना; पोषण करना; सहना; चालू रखना; (कष्ट) उठाना;

Synonym keep; survive; suffer; handle; pull up; undergo; Endure; continue;

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English Dictionary:

1. Sustain

[n.]

- One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.

2. Sustain

[v. t.]

- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
- Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
- To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
- To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
- To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit.
- To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.