keep on, retain, keep going, continue, keep - allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"

preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

collapse, break down - collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

have - suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis"

crack up, crock up, collapse, break up, crack - suffer a nervous breakdown

undergo, experience, have, receive, get - of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

cater, ply, provide, supply - provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

carry - be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"

patronage - support by being a patron of

reseed - maintain by self-seeding; "Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely"

have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

carry - keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"

scaffold - provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"

block - support, secure, or raise with a block; "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car"

carry - bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"

chock - support on chocks; "chock the boat"

buoy, buoy up - keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"

pole - support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans"

bracket - support with brackets; "bracket bookshelves"

underpin - support from beneath

prop, prop up, shore up, shore - support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"

truss - support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"

brace - support by bracing

acknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

back up, back - establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"

vouch - give supporting evidence; "He vouched his words by his deeds"

verify - confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"

shew, show, demonstrate, prove, establish - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

document - support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?"

validate - prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something