v (transitive) To help keep from falling.
v (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
v (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
v (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
v (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
v (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
v (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
v (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
v (transitive, archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; tolerate.
v (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
n (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
n Financial or other help.
n Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
n (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
n (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
n Evidence.
n (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
n An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
n An accompaniment in music.
n (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
n (gymnastics) Clipping of support position. [(gymnastics) a position in which a gymnast is holding their body above the rings (or high bar, parallel bars...) usually with straight arms.]