sustain
- Noun. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
- Verb. (transitive) To maintain (''something''), or keep it in existence.
- Verb. (transitive) To provide for or nourish (''something'').
- Verb. (transitive) To encourage (''something'').
- Verb. (transitive) To experience or suffer (''an injury, etc.'').
- Verb. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate (''something'').
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