The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FEEDS , but the solution may also be FUELS which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
Sustains crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FEEDS | 31 % | 5 |
| FUELS | 23 % | 5 |
| PROPS | 15 % | 5 |
| BEARS | 8 % | 5 |
| KEEPS | 8 % | 5 |
| AIDS | 8 % | 4 |
| UPHOLDS | 8 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sustains
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- support
- maintain
- keep up
- keep
- get
- hold up
- prolong
- confirm
- hold
- have
- corroborate
- affirm
Crossword Answer definitions
FEEDS noun- Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
- Something supplied continuously.
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- A meal.
- A gathering to eat, especially in quantity.
- Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- To eat (usually of animals).
- To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- To give to a machine to be processed.
- To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- To supply with something.
- To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- To pass to.
- (of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.
- (of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FEEDS
- Ministers to
- Nourishes
- Satellite broadcasts
- Serves supper to
- Stokes
- Serves a meal to
- Serves sustenance to
- Provides nourishment
- Adds fuel to
- Data update mechanisms
More clues leading to the result FUELS
- Stimulates, as an argument
- Fills up
- Gives power to
- Gas, coal, oil, etc.
- Coal and gas
- Gas and coal
- Stimulates
- Gas and oil
- Adds to, as a fire
- Energizes
More clues leading to the result PROPS
- Respectful praise
- The blue pill and the red pill in "The Matrix," e.g.
- B-29's quartet, for short
- Supports, with "up"
- Stage items
- Stuff on a stage
- Stage accessories
- Kudos, slangily
- Actor's gear
- Stagehand's concern
More clues leading to the result BEARS
- Yogi and Smokey, e.g.
- Yogi and Smokey.
- Carries along
- Yogi and Smokey
- Some den mothers
- Carries
- Grizzlies
- League team from Rhode Island
- Team #8
- Goldilocks's "hosts"
More clues leading to the result KEEPS
- Retains
- Play for __
- Castle sanctuaries
- Holds on to
- Doesn't chuck
- Doesn't spoil, as food
- Playing for ___
- What some play for
- Has in inventory
- Hangs onto
More clues leading to the result AIDS
- Assistants
- Helps out
- Lends a hand
- Abets
- Assists
- Lends a hand to
- "The Normal Heart" topic
- Provides support
- Helps
- Facilitates