(obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. / To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).

Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward. / A person who does maintenance work. / (dentistry) A device used to keep teeth in a given position.

showing maintenance or attention

simple past tense and past participle of maintain

The act of doing maintenance.

present participle of maintain

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maintain

The ease with which something can be maintained.

plural of maintainer

(chiefly in combination) Able to be maintained