SUBSIST


Meaning of SUBSIST in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

If people ~, they are just able to obtain the food or money that they need in order to stay alive. (FORMAL)

The prisoners ~ed on one mug of the worst quality porridge three times a day...

VERB: V on n

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