Main entry: endure, put up, digest, bear, abide, brook, stand, suffer, support, tolerate, stick out, stomach
Definition: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Usage: I cannot bear his constant criticism; The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks; he learned to tolerate the heat; She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
Definition: undergo or be subjected to
Usage: He suffered the penalty; Many saints suffered martyrdom
Main entry: go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, last, endure, survive
Definition: continue to live through hardship or adversity
Usage: We went without water and food for 3 days; These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America; The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents; how long can a person last without food and water?
Main entry: prevail, persist, die hard, endure, run
Definition: continue to exist
Usage: These stories die hard; The legend of Elvis endures
Definition: persist for a specified period of time
Usage: The bad weather lasted for three days
Main entry: endure, hold out, wear
Definition: last and be usable
Usage: This dress wore well for almost ten years
Main entry: weather, brave, brave out, endure
Definition: face and withstand with courage
Usage: She braved the elements