'Sustained' definitions:
Definition of 'sustained'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight"
adjective
(of an electric arc) continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs" [syn: free burning, sustained]
Definition of 'Sustained'
From: GCIDE
- Sustained \Sus*tained"\, a. Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sustained'
From: GCIDE
- Sustain \Sus*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sustained; p. pr. & vb. n. Sustaining.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir, sostenir, F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- (see Sub-) + tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Sustenance.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Every pillar the temple to sustain. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. [1913 Webster]
- No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. [1913 Webster]
- Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- You shall sustain more new disgraces. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer; undergo. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sustained'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- based on,
- bolstered,
- borne,
- braced,
- buttressed,
- ceaseless,
- changeless,
- chattering,
- constant,
- continual,
- continued,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- durable,
- enduring,
- even,
- firm,
- fixed,
- founded on,
- frozen,
- grounded on,
- guyed,
- held,
- immobile,
- immutable,
- incessant,
- indefatigable,
- intact,
- interminable,
- inviolate,
- lasting,
- level,
- machine gun,
- maintained,
- oscillating,
- perennial,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- prolonged,
- propped,
- pulsating,
- quiescent,
- rapid,
- regular,
- remaining,
- repeated,
- rigid,
- shored up,
- solid,
- stable,
- staccato,
- static,
- stationary,
- stayed,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- sticking,
- stuttering,
- supported,
- torpid,
- unaltered,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unchecked,
- undestroyed,
- undying,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- uniform,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unremitting,
- unshifting,
- unstopped,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- upheld,
- vibrating