See Also: cock fight(dictionary)
fight(1)(dictionary)
fight(2)(dictionary)
Proxy fight(money)
fist fight(dictionary)
fire fight(dictionary)
fight 2, noun(dictionary)
fight 1, verb(dictionary)
Proxy fight(finance)
flight or fight response(medicine)

sustained (iou) and cock fight (oh)


sustained (iou)



sustained ppl adjective. L18.
[from SUSTAIN verb + -ED1.]
That has been sustained; esp. maintained continuously or without flagging over a long period.
Special collocations & comb.: sustained-release adjective (Pharmacology) designating a preparation that releases a substance slowly or intermittently into the bloodstream so as to maintain a steady concentration, esp. administered orally in a capsule containing numerous tiny pellets with different coatings. sustained yield the quantity of a crop that can be periodically harvested without long-term depletion.
? Earlier in UNSUSTAINED.
sustainedly adverb M19.

cock fight (oh)



n [C]
an occasion when two male chickens are made to fight as a sport
-- cockfighting n [U]