subsist
support oneself (Freq. 1)
- he could barely exist on such a low wage
- Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
- Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
• Syn:
exist, survive, live
• Derivationally related forms:
subsister, subsistence, survival (for: survive)
• Hyponyms:
breathe, freewheel, drift
• Verb Group:
survive, last, live, live on, go,
endure, hold up, hold out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s on something
- Somebody ----s PP
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