قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.

To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.

A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.

The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.

That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.

That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.

Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable.

Support.

Maintenance; support.

of Support

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.

A knee placed under the cathead.

A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures.

A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.

Abounding with support.

of Support

Having no support.

Support.

A female supporter.