Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sustenance
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Sustenance
sustenance
~ n 1 formal food that keeps people strong and healthy; nourishment (The children were thin and badly in need of sustenance.) 2 informal food you feel you need because you are tired and hungry (I need sustenance! Let's go get some food! | There's not much sustenance in a bag of crisps.) 3 the act of sustaining something
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1.
Sustenance is food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy. (FORMAL) The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from sustenir Date: 14th century 1. a. means of support, maintenance, or subsistence ; living b. food, provisions; also nourishment 2. a. the act of sustaining ; the state of being sustained b. a supplying or being supplied with the necessaries of life 3. something that gives support, endurance, or strength ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. 1 a nourishment, food. b the process of nourishing. 2 a means of support; a livelihood. Etymology: ME f. AF sustenaunce, OF so(u)stenance (as SUSTAIN) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. средства к существованию 2. питание, пища how shall we get sustenance? —- как (где) мы будем питаться? he lived a week without sustenance of any kind —- он прожил неделю без всякой пищи 3. предметы первой необходимости 4. жизнеобеспечение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
noun 1) средства к существованию 2) питание; пища 3) питательность 4) поддержание, поддержка ...Англо-русский словарь
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