sustenance

4 definitions • 4 examples

food:

During this freezing weather, the food put out by householders is the only form of sustenance that the birds have.

the ability of food to provide people and animals with what they need to make them strong and healthy:

A stick of celery does not provide much sustenance.

emotional or mental support:

When her husband died, she drew sustenance from/she found sustenance in her religious beliefs.

food, or the energy and other things food provides people and animals to keep them strong and healthy:

The ranch animals get a lot of their sustenance from grazing.