Thesaurus: sustenance

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1. n. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
2. n. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance.
3. n. a source of materials to nourish the body
4. n. the financial means whereby one lives
5. n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
6. 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. "A man of little sustenance." Chaucer. For lying is thy sustenance, thy food. Milton.
7. n:100 n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence