Definitions For Sustain

verb

  • Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
  • Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  • Admit as valid
  • Supply with necessities and support
  • Provide with nourishment
  • Be the physical support of; carry the weight of
  • Lengthen or extend in duration or space
  • To provide what is needed for (something or someone) to exist, continue, etc.
  • To hold up the weight of (something)
  • To deal with or experience (something bad or unpleasant)

Is Sustain a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
9

The word Sustain is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Sustain in a Sentence

  • Hope sustained us during that difficult time.
  • The roof, unable to sustain the weight of all the snow, collapsed.
  • The army sustained heavy losses.

Synonyms for Sustain

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