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    [Verb]  | "sup*port" | \ sə-ˈpȯrt \


    1: to endure bravely or quietly : bear

    2: to promote the interests or cause of

    3: to uphold or defend as valid or right : advocate

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French supporter, from Late Latin supportare, from Latin, to transport, from sub- + portare to carry {mat|fare|};

    [Noun]  | "support" 


    1: the act or process of supporting : the condition of being supported

    2: assistance provided by a company to users of its products

    3: one that supports —often used attributively

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "support group" 


    1: a group of people with common experiences and concerns who provide emotional and moral support for one another

    Origin: 1951 ;

    [Noun]  | "support hose" 


    1: elastic stockings worn especially to provide mild compression of the leg (as to prevent formation of varicose veins)

    Origin: 1963 ;

    [Noun]  | "support level" 


    1: a price level on a declining market at which a security resists further decline due to increased attractiveness to traders and investors —called also support area

    Origin: 1906 ;

    [Noun]  | "support system" 


    1: a network of people who provide an individual with practical or emotional support

    Origin: 1980 ;

    [Noun]  | "child support" 


    1: payment for the support of the children of divorced or separated parents while the children are minors or as otherwise legally required

    Origin: 1901 ;

    [Noun]  | "life support" 


    1: medical equipment, treatments, or medications that temporarily replace or support the function of one or more failing organs in a seriously ill or injured patient and that provide an opportunity for stabilization or recovery —sometimes hyphenated when used before another noun

    Origin: 1974 ;

    [Noun]  | "life-support system" 


    1: an artificial or natural system that provides all or some of the items (such as oxygen, food, water, control of temperature and pressure, disposition of carbon dioxide and body wastes) necessary for maintaining life or health

    Origin: 1959 ;

    [Noun]  | "price support" 


    1: artificial maintenance of prices (as of a raw material) at some predetermined level usually through government action

    Origin: 1927 ;

    [Noun]  | "support" 


    1: a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else;


      * e.g., " ... if you don't add a couple more supports to that tower of blocks, it's going to fall down "




    2: an act or instance of helping;


      * e.g., " ... the team's victory owes a lot to Joe's strong support in left field "



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    [Noun]  | "support hose" 


    1: as in sock, kneesock;


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    [Noun]  | "support hoses" 


    1: as in socks, kneesocks;


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    [Noun]  | "self-support" 


    1: the ability to care for one's self;


      * e.g., " ... hopes to achieve full self-support within a year of graduating from college "




    [Verb]  | "support" 


    1: to promote the interests or cause of;


      * e.g., " ... though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts "




    2: to pay the living expenses of;


      * e.g., " ... a young widow supporting a sick mother as well as two small children on a teacher's salary "




    3: to hold up or serve as a foundation for;


      * e.g., " ... pillars supporting the bridge "



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     [ "support" ]

    1: support is aid provided to resolve an international problem or money given to resolve an international dispute

      * e.g.,  ... The United Nations supported the conflict in Afghanistan 

     [ "support" ]

    1: To back up, justify your answer, opinion, or claim (with evidence)

      * e.g.,  ... Mr. Walker told me that I needed to support my story with more details 

     [ "support" ]

    1: a jockstrap, an atheletic supporter. Serves as a device for the protection of the genitals

      * e.g.,  ... Matt put the support on his crotchal area 

     [ "support" ]

    1: people that are there to be bullied by randoms online

      * e.g.,  ... huh look at the support guy for this website his name is Jeff he is dumb 

     [ "support" ]

    1: the myspace version of aids, mainly acclaimed to those with many friends.

      * e.g.,  ... Gerry: hey tom, how many friends you got? 

     [ "Support" ]

    1: Something I almost never get

      * e.g.,  ... Support 

     [ "Supportion" ]

    1: the support, or encouragement, given towards a thing

      * e.g.,  ... "You have my full supportion in this campaign!" 

     [ "Support" ]

    1: ) Sex (of any type)

      * e.g.,  ... Support our troops! 

     [ "Support" ]

    2: ) Booze

     [ "Support" ]

    3: ) Controlled Substances

     [ "Supportation" ]

    1: the uncommonly used noun form of the word support.

      * e.g.,  ... I give my full supportation to the presidential candidate. 

     [ "Supportive" ]

    1: When you give someone a boost or incoueragfe them to do soemthing.

      * e.g.,  ... ''The teacher supportive the writtig by using conclusions for her 2 graders. 

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