Definition of support

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Support (v. t.) To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel..

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Carriage :: Carriage (n.) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.
Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..
Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..
Climb :: Climb (v. i.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface..
Found :: Found (v. i.) To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly..
Odontophore :: Odontophore (n.) A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula..
Andiron :: Andiron (n.) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons..
Probable :: Probable (a.) Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence; probable presumption..
Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..
Succor :: Succor (v. t.) To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city..
Monopteron :: Monopteron (n.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella..
Header :: Header (n.) In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces..
Poppet :: Poppet (n.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.
Keep :: Keep (n.) The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse..
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
Hold :: Hold (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.
Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
Spile :: Spile (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
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