sustenance
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈsʌstəˌnəns/
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- I need to consume some food, I need some sustenance, and I need to wash my hands.
- a source of sustenance
- spiritual sustenance
- basic sustenance
I know you hate this question, but for food and sustenance it would be the sunflower sprouts.
- I know you hate this question, but for food and sustenance it would be the sunflower sprouts.
- You know, we have a rat and that rat needs sustenance.
- We feel our existence as part of the greater whole, this fragile planet Earth and all it gives us for the sustenance of our lives.
- We feel our existence as part of the greater whole, this fragile planet Earth and all it gives us for the sustenance of life.
- It gives me energy, it gives me sustenance, it allows me to, you know, perform in various, in various other avenues of my life.
- It's like you're that next liaison to sustenance for a child, you know.
- It is shot as if a wedge of moon, the infant's sustenance and basic tide of the earth.
- But there are limited resources, particularly for food and and sustenance.
Examples
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We are the earth's fruits, and we reap sustenance from her.
Fiction book (2001) -
In this way, everyone came to have enough sustenance and lived happily ever after.
Academic text (1990) -
So I stopped getting my sustenance, the stuff that kept me alive.
Fiction book (1995) -
We shall get some sleep and sustenance.
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We feel our existence as part of the greater whole, this fragile planet Earth and all it gives us for the sustenance of our lives.
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The Illini tribes took their sustenance from the same land we share today.
Academic text (2002) -
Wild foods, which are less susceptible to drought, provided sustenance during these times.
Academic text (1993) -
Your body needs sustenance.
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Having a garden allowed me to have nutritional sustenance that the grocery stores couldn't provide.
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Farmers grow crops to provide sustenance for their families and communities.
Synonyms
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1.0
Something people and animals eat or drink to live and grow
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2.0
The amount of food available to people in a place
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6.6
Food and other things people need to live
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3.2
A basic food people eat or sell, like rice
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8.0
Food that gives people or animals what they need to live
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8.3
Something that gives living things food and energy
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2.6
A supply of food and other needed things for a trip
Food and drink kept or prepared to eat
Antonyms
How Nourishing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sustenance comes from the Latin sustinere, which means 'to hold up', and it shares the same root as sustain. Think of food and drink as what 'holds you up' like a beam for your body, so sustenance means the food and drink that keep you alive and healthy.