supply
noun
- 1
The act of supplying.
“supply and demand”
- 2
An amount of something supplied.
“A supply of good drinking water is essential.”
- 3
(in the plural) provisions.
- 4
(chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
“to vote supplies”
- 5
Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
verb
- 1
To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
“to supply money for the war”
- 2
To furnish or equip with.
“to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition”
- 3
To fill up, or keep full.
“Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.”
- 4
To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- 5
To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- 6
To act as a substitute.
- 7
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
“to supply a pulpit”
adverb
- 1
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
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