sustain

Definitions

1. A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
2. To maintain, or keep in existence
3. A capacity of a musical instrument to continue the resounding of a note or tone.
4. To provide for or nourish
5. sostener, mantener; [a wound] sufrir una herida.
6. To encourage or sanction (something). (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
7. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong: sustain an effort.
8. To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.)
9. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for: the income needed to sustain a family.
10. To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold
11. To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop: The beams sustain the weight of the roof.
12. To bear up under; withstand: can't sustain the blistering heat.
13. To affirm the validity of: The judge has sustained the prosecutor's objection.
14. to hold up under; withstand: to sustain great provocation.
15. to undergo (an injury, loss, etc); suffer: to sustain a broken arm.
16. to maintain or prolong: to sustain a discussion.

Equivalents

Examples

“To call⟳ this music bland is to ignore⟳ the down-the-drain vocal fade-aways, the extended sax sustains […]”

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