nnoun.actactivity involved in maintaining something in good working orderSynset:care upkeep
Examples:- he wrote the manual on car care
Derivationally Related Form:maintain
Hypernyms:fix fixing fixture mend mending repair reparation
Inherited Hypernyms:carerepairimprovementchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:camera carecar careinspection and repairoverhaulpump primingscheduled maintenanceservicesteam fitting
Full Hyponyms:camera carecar careinterim overhauloil changeoverhaulpump primingscheduled maintenancesteam fitting
nnoun.possessionmeans of maintenance of a family or groupDerivationally Related Form:maintain
Hypernyms:bread and butter keep livelihood living support sustenance
Inherited Hypernyms:maintenancesupportresourceassetspossessionrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.possessioncourt-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separatedSynset:alimony
Hypernyms:support payment
Inherited Hypernyms:alimonysupport paymentpaymentcostoutgotransferred propertypossessionrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistenceSynset:sustainment sustenance sustentation upkeep
Examples:- they were in want of sustenance
- fishing was their main sustainment
Derivationally Related Form:maintainsustainsustentacular
Hypernyms:support
Inherited Hypernyms:sustenancesupportactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the communityTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:criminal maintenance
Examples:- unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit
Hypernyms:actus reus misconduct wrongdoing wrongful conduct
Inherited Hypernyms:maintenancewrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity