Feed
Sustain
Sustain verb - To supply with nourishment.
Usage example: a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch
Feed is a synonym for sustain in activity topic. You can use "Feed" instead a verb "Sustain", if it concerns topics such as nurture, nourish, keep up. popular alternative
Nearby Word: sustaining
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Both words in one sentence
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Our rotting flesh will continue to feed and sustain it after our deaths, until the day the thing sleeping in the heart of the world reawakens naturally, and shatters the planet like an egg.
Source: Videogame / Darkest Dungeon - He doesn't feed on humans, but that's mostly because they don't have enough blood to sustain a vampire his size.
- Oh, and the outcasts are now attacking anyone they can find so they can feed her the souls she needs to sustain herself. Whoops...
Source: Not Quite the Right Thing
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Sustain and Feed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/feed/sustain
Feed & Sustain. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/feed/sustain>.
Sustain or Feed. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/feed/sustain.
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