S: (v) wear, hold out, endure (last and be usable) "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
S: (v) hold out (wait uncompromisingly for something desirable) "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"
S: (v) survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out (continue to live and avoid dying) "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?" "One crash victim died, the other lived"