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    [Adjective]  | "sus*tained" | \ sə-ˈstānd \


    1: maintained at length without interruption or weakening : lasting, prolonged

    Origin: 1775 ;

    [Adjective]  | "sus*tained-re*lease" | \ sə-ˈstānd-ri-ˈlēs \


    1: designed to release a drug in the body slowly over an extended period of time

    Origin: 1956 ;

    [Adjective]  | "self-sus*tained" | \ ˌself-sə-ˈstānd \


    1: self-sustaining

    Origin: 1675 ;

    [Verb]  | "sus*tain" | \ sə-ˈstān \


    1: to give support or relief to

    2: to supply with sustenance : nourish

    3: keep up, prolong

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English sustenen, from Anglo-French sustein-, stem of sustenir, from Latin sustinēre to hold up, sustain, from sub-, sus- up + tenēre to hold {mat|sub-|}, {mat|thin|};

    [Noun]  | "sustained yield" 


    1: production of a biological resource (such as timber or fish) under management procedures which ensure replacement of the part harvested by regrowth or reproduction before another harvest occurs

    Origin: circa 1905 ;

    [Verb]  | "sustained" 


    1: to supply with nourishment;


      * e.g., " ... a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch "



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    2: to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it;


      * e.g., " ... sustained serious injuries in the car crash "



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    3: to put up with (something painful or difficult);


      * e.g., " ... I won't sustain such insolence! "



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    [Verb]  | "sustain" 


    1: to supply with nourishment;


      * e.g., " ... a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch "



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    2: to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it;


      * e.g., " ... sustained serious injuries in the car crash "



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    3: to put up with (something painful or difficult);


      * e.g., " ... I won't sustain such insolence! "



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    [Adjective]  | "self-sustained" 


    1: able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help;


      * e.g., " ... each new colony was expected to develop a self-sustained economy "




     [ "sustainability" ]

    1: The ability to achieve, and sustain a male erection.

      * e.g.,  ... At my age, sustainability is not a concern! Achievment is my greatest concern! 

     [ "Sustainal" ]

    1: Someone who is extremely picky about all things sustainable. Will call other people on their unsustainable behaviour. Combination of sustainable and anal.

      * e.g.,  ... Mike is so sustainal, he criticized me for throwing my banana peel in the wrong bin. Stop being sustainal, Mike, get a life! 

     [ "sustainability" ]

    1: Sustainability is a lens through which to view all issues. The sustainability movement encompasses environmental justice and social justice, because one cannot be obtained without the other. It means living life to the fullest without compromising future generations' ability to do so. It respects the interconectedness of all life and acknowledges the responsibility that each person has to consider the effects that his actions have on other life forms, both living and to be born.

      * e.g.,  ... The sustainability revolution is begining! Watch out you styrofoam using, carbon cycle ignoring, TV worshiping members of American consumer culture.  

     [ "Sustainability" ]

    1: The ability to endure a balence of economic, social and environmenal well being now and in the future.

      * e.g.,  ... learned about sustainability in geography class. 

     [ "sustain" ]

    1: to hold up, to bear with

      * e.g.,  ... She bearly sustained the bucket with one hand. 

     [ "Sustainability" ]

    1: A word that left leaning urban Caucasians coined to feel good about themselves.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: I like shopping at Whole Foods because they have a strong sense of sustainability. Mike: You want sustainability? Go find a piece of land, work that shit, do your own thing, quit being a pussy, and shut the fuck up! 

     [ "Sustainable" ]

    1: Repeatable indefinitely with no negative side effect whatsoever.

      * e.g.,  ... I think this new training schedule could be sustainable 

     [ "Sustainability" ]

    1:  A hippy dippy cosmic cupcake term loosely applied to just about everything environment related to sound like you know what the fuck you're talking about.

      * e.g.,  ... I was at the Co-op the other day eating vegan snickerdoodle, when a girl complemented my hemp bracelet. I started talking about how the bracelet and the vegan snickerdoodle were related to sustainability, she was so impressed I ended up giving her...the sustainable d. 

     [ "sustainance" ]

    1: That which keeps something in existence. (The similar word "sustenance" usually means food.)

      * e.g.,  ... The large numbers of high income people who were covered by corporate and government health insurance contributed to the sustainance of the outmoded health insurance system. 

     [ "Sustainable" ]

    1: putting a warm beer in the fridge every time you take a cold one out

      * e.g.,  ... recycling the beer can is sustainable too 

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