sustains is a form of:
Sustain
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- (ច្បាប់) គាំទ្រ, យល់ព្រម
Example: To support; to approve.
verb — past tense: sustained ; past participle: sustained ; present participle: sustaining ;
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) រក្សាអោយមានទ្រទ្រង់, ប្រកាន់ខ្ជាប់
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To support, to keep alive, to keep [a sound or effort, etc.] going continuously, to undergo, to suffer, to provide for the support of, to support, to carry the weight of, to comfort, to endure, to uphold the validity of, to confirm) ទ្រ, ទល់ទ្រ, ជួយគាំទ្រ, ពារ, ការពារ, តស៊ូនឹង, អះអាង, ថែទាំ
Example: There was barely sufficient air to sustain life, sustain a note, sustain losses, The supreme court sustained the decision of the lower courts, to sustain a broken leg, to sustain a high note; to sustain a discussion.sustain a load ទ្ររួច, sustain an injury រង, sustain life ទ្រទ្រង sustain a tone ទប់ឱ្យនឹង, ធ្វើអោយនៅដូចដដែល, sustain his conclusions គាំទ្រ
Example: Will this she If sustain the weight of all these books?
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
verb — past tense: sustained ; past participle: sustained ; present participle: sustaining ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
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- advocate, back, encourage, foster, further, help, keep, maintain, preserve, prop, support, uphold
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- abandon, betray, discourage, oppose