SUPPLY
verb
Synonyms
furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate.
Definitions
- 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.
Other Definitions
This word also has 2 other definitions:
SUPPLY
(adjective)
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 sp...
SUPPLY
(noun)
1. The act of supplying; supplial. A. Tucker.
2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: --
3. Auxiliary tr...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
