- 1. n. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life. Source: opted
- 2. n. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. Source: opted
- 3. n. a source of materials to nourish the body Source: wordnet
- 4. n. the financial means whereby one lives Source: wordnet
- 5. n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 7. n:100 n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence Source: ecdict
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