English-Thai Dictionary

sustenance

N การ บำรุงเลี้ยง  การ ยังชีพ  การค้ำจุน  nourishment nutrition kan-bam-rung-liang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUSTENANCE

n. 1. Support; maintenance; subsistence; as the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions. This city has ample sustenance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUSTENANCE

Sus "te *nance, n. Etym: [OF. sustenance, sostenance, soustenance: cf. L. sustenentia endurance. See Sustain. ]

 

1. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

 

2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. "A man of little sustenance. " Chaucer. For lying is thy sustenance, thy food. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sustenance

sus te nance |ˈsəstənəns ˈsəstənəns | ▶noun food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment: poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance. • the maintaining of someone or something in life or existence: he kept two or three cows for the sustenance of his family | the sustenance of democracy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French soustenance, from the verb soustenir (see sustain ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

sustenance

sus ¦ten |ance |ˈsʌst (ə )nəns, -tɪn -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment: poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance. • the maintaining of someone or something in life or existence: he kept two or three cows for the sustenance of his family | the sustenance of parliamentary democracy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French soustenance, from the verb soustenir (see sustain ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sustenance

sustenance noun 1 the creature needs sustenance: nourishment, food, nutriment, nutrition, provisions, provender, rations; informal grub, chow; formal comestibles; literary viands; dated victuals. 2 the sustenance of his family: support, maintenance, keep, living, livelihood, subsistence, income.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sustenance

sustenance noun 1 without sustenance the creature will die: nourishment, food, nutriment, nutrition, fare, diet, daily bread, provisions, rations, means of keeping body and soul together; informal grub, chow, scoff; formal comestibles, provender; archaic victuals, vittles, viands, meat; rare aliment. 2 he kept two or three cows for the sustenance of his family: support, maintenance, keep, means of support, means, living, livelihood, subsistence, income, source of income.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sustenance

sus te nance /sʌ́st (ə )nəns /名詞 U 1 生命の維持 ; 食物 ; 栄養 (物 )▸ be in want of sustenance 食物にことかく 2 生計 ; (生活などの )維持 .3 (精神的に )支持するもの [こと ].