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SUPPLY
provision, supply, supplying
(noun) the activity of supplying or providing something
supply
(noun) offering goods and services for sale
supply
(noun) an amount of something available for use
add, append, supply
(verb) state or say further; ââIt doesnât matter,â he suppliedâ
provide, supply, ply, cater
(verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; âThe hostess provided lunch for all the guestsâ
supply, provide, render, furnish
(verb) give something useful or necessary to; âWe provided the room with an electrical heaterâ
issue, supply
(verb) circulate or distribute or equip with; âissue a new uniform to the childrenâ; âsupply blankets for the bedsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
supply (third-person singular simple present supplies, present participle supplying, simple past and past participle supplied)
(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
(transitive) To furnish or equip with.
(transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
(transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
(intransitive) To act as a substitute.
(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
Noun
supply (countable and uncountable, plural supplies)
(uncountable) The act of supplying.
(countable) An amount of something supplied.
(in the plural) provisions.
(mostly, in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
Etymology 2
Adverb
supply (comparative more supply, superlative most supply)
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
Source: Wiktionary
Sup*ply", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplied; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplying.] Etym: [For older supploy, F. suppléer, OF. also supployer, (assumed) LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to fill, akin to plenus full. See Plenty.]
1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.
2. To serve instead of; to take the place of. Burning ships the banished sun supply. Waller. The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. Dryden.
3. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war. Prior.
Syn.
– To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate.
Sup*ply", n.; pl. Supplies (.
1. The act of supplying; supplial. A. Tucker.
2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: -- (a) Auxiliary troops or reënforcements. "My promised supply of horsemen." Shak. (b) The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies. (c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies. (d) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit. Stated supply (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor. [U.S.] -- Supply and demand. (Polit. Econ.) "Demand means the quantity of a given article which would be taken at a given price. Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price." F. A. Walker.
Sup*ply", a.
Definition: Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve. Supply system (Zoöl.), the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of SpongiÊ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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