What is the meaning of supported?

verb

• Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.
  • usage: "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
  • synonyms: support, back up
• Support materially or financially.
  • usage: "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
  • synonyms: support
• Be behind; approve of.
  • usage: "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  • synonyms: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
• Be the physical support of; carry the weight of.
  • usage: "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror"
  • synonyms: hold, support, sustain, hold up
• Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
  • usage: "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
  • synonyms: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
• Adopt as a belief.
  • usage: "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
  • synonyms: subscribe, support
• Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.
  • usage: "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
  • synonyms: corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
• Argue or speak in defense of.
  • usage: "She supported the motion to strike"
  • synonyms: defend, support, fend for
• Play a subordinate role to (another performer. )
  • usage: "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
  • synonyms: support
• Be a regular customer or client of.
  • usage: "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
  • synonyms: patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going
• 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"
  • synonyms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up

adjective

• Sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support. )
  • usage: "a club entirely supported by membership dues"; "well-supported allegations"
• Held up or having the weight borne especially from below.
  • usage: "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends"