survive (
http://definr.com/survive)
v 1: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and
food for 3 days"; "The legend of Elvis lives on"; "These
superstitions survive in the backwaters of America";
"The racecar driver lived through several very serious
accidents" [syn:
last,
live,
live on,
go,
endure,
hold up,
hold out]
2: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He
survived the cancer against all odds" [syn:
pull through,
pull round,
come through,
make it] [ant:
succumb]
3: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage";
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many
people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn:
exist,
live,
subsist]
4: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
[syn:
outlive,
outlast]