supply

/səˈplaɪ/

noun

  1. 1

    The act of supplying.

    supply and demand
  2. 2

    An amount of something supplied.

    A supply of good drinking water is essential.
  3. 3

    (in the plural) provisions.

  4. 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. 5

    Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

verb

  1. 1

    To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

    to supply money for the war
  2. 2

    To furnish or equip with.

    to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition
  3. 3

    To fill up, or keep full.

    Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.
  4. 4

    To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

  5. 5

    To serve instead of; to take the place of.

  6. 6

    To act as a substitute.

  7. 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. 1

    Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

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