Clues for the word "SUSTAIN"
We've had 34 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 66 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on February 11, 2026.
Definition of sustain
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
- v. t. - To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
- v. t. - To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- v. t. - To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
- v. t. - To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
- n. - One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
Referring Clues
- Bear is dirty after capturing us (7)
- Keep up, as a conversation
- Bear the weight of
- Lengthen in duration
- Guitar amp effect
- Keep up
- Bear up under
- Provide for
- Uphold
- Prolong
- Feed
- Keep going
- Bear with a blemish following us around
- Keep aunt and sis in order
- Support
- Maintain
- Shame to shackle American bear
- Shame about American support
- Withstand
- Keep us up to the mark
- Take us back, Mark Foster
- Comfort crossword setters in disgrace
- Support us in shame
- Slur about Guardian Bear
- Bear from America digging into soil
- Keep an effort going continuously
- American turning up with dirty bear
- Spot inhabited by American bear
- Keep up sanction
- Keep up; hold for a long time
- Mark brought us in to give support
- Extend in duration or space
- Suffer, as an injury
- Support continuously
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - February 11, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 31, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 26, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 05, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 26, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 12, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 08, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 27, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 26, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - June 18, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - May 11, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - April 12, 2023
- Your Life Choices - March 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 03, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - October 08, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - August 09, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - July 25, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - June 13, 2022
- Your Life Choices - June 12, 2022
- USA Today - June 10, 2022
- Guardian Cryptic - January 18, 2018
- Mindfood Daily - January 06, 2018
- Guardian Quick - October 19, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - September 06, 2017
- Netword - August 04, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - August 01, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - July 26, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - June 27, 2017
- And in 36 more crossword puzzles...