To keep from falling.
Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?
To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
I support France in the World Cup.
To help, particularly financially.
The government supports the arts in several ways.
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
I don't make decisions, but I support those who do.
To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.
To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.
To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
to support the character of King Lear
That which supports something else; a support.
That supports.