sustenance
ਅਹਾਰ
definition
noun
poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance
food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.
example
Saddest of all, workers will continue to brave health and physical threats only to earn a meager amount of money to buy 'sustenance' for their families.
For people with binge eating disorder, at first food may provide 'sustenance' or comfort, but later it's the focus of incredible guilt and distress.
Those living along the Genale River which borders Afder have turned to the palm trees for food, scraping 'sustenance' from the dark brown seeds with their teeth.
I swear, if I find that it was emissions from my truck causing it, I will dig a hole in the backyard, climb in, and eat grubs for 'sustenance' .
Nature, for them, is not just a source of 'sustenance' , but an intrinsic part of their lives.
The craving for food, liquid 'sustenance' , was so strong that when I was visualizing the food, I felt like I could reach out and grab them.
It was a source of 'sustenance' , and nothing more.
the 'sustenance' of parliamentary democracy
The Association argued that this definition would include non-military assistance and humanitarian aid such as medical assistance, 'sustenance' and disaster relief.
They inherited a tradition of faith and fatherland which gave them strength and 'sustenance' wherever life took them.
the 'sustenance' of democracy
We watch as the family boils wallpaper for 'sustenance' from glue, chews leather from old schoolbags, grows so weak that Kolya can only stroke his toys, no longer strong enough to play with them.
Too bad if those octogenarians served in World War II or Korea or just gave life and 'sustenance' to their families and communities for several decades.
Over the next four days there was nothing for it but bed rest, regular doses of paracetamol washed down with water, and the occasional banana for 'sustenance' .
Insects serve as pollinators for food crops, nutritious 'sustenance' for a range of birds and mammals, and decomposers of plant and animal products.
That's their main source of alcoholic 'sustenance' : five bottles of Bud, Miller, Becks or Stella Artois will get them through even the most punishing night out.
The land they occupied, like that of their immediate neighbours, could provide no reliable source of income or 'sustenance' and the threat of starvation and eviction hung constantly over their heads.
However, when the two come together in a market-driven world, it can transform itself into the best source of 'sustenance' especially for a television channel.
As Scottish children rely on low-grade processed foods and fizzy drinks for daily 'sustenance' , the devastating effects are beginning to show.
These sad, determine men have found that their one-time hobby has become a must have matter of 'sustenance' , like karmic nourishment for their soul.
After all this is the thing that you use to buy the food that gives you 'sustenance' .
They steal the olives and destroy the olive trees - the village's main source of 'sustenance' .
he kept two or three cows for the 'sustenance' of his family
Although it lives in a muddy place, a swan can pick up the right food for its 'sustenance' .
It thought of the insects and vermin that it had fed on, the most meager of 'sustenance' to maintain its life, but enough to eventually give it the strength to free it self.
Further afield where camels browse, we found dried-up, and unyielding acacia trees, normally a reliable source of 'sustenance' .
I am a happy man to have learnt that you have a faith of sorts - no one could recover so quickly without a source of spiritual 'sustenance' .
Later in the night many would retire to Deros for tea and sandwiches to give them 'sustenance' for the long cycle to some outlying parish.
poor rural economies turned to potatoes for 'sustenance'
The perfect delivery method for food is unquestionably a sandwich - almost all sources of 'sustenance' are improved by inclusion in such a meal.
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