Index of English words, starting with "su"

(1) - Suspiration (n.) The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.

(1) - Suspire (n.) A long, deep breath; a sigh.
(2) - Suspire (v. i.) To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.

(1) - Sustain (n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
(2) - Sustain (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.
(3) - Sustain (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.
(4) - Sustain (v. t.) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
(5) - Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
(6) - Sustain (v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
(7) - Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
(8) - Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
(9) - 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.