Definition of supply

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Supply (n.) 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..

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Albuminiferous :: Albuminiferous (a.) Supplying albumen.
Amendatory :: Amendatory (a.) Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.
Fainting :: Fainting (n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak..
Subminister :: Subminister (v. t.) To supply; to afford.
Replenishment :: Replenishment (n.) That which replenishes; supply.
Nerve :: Nerve (v. t.) To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm..
Custom :: Custom (v. t.) To supply with customers.
Recruit :: Recruit (v. t.) To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men..
Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth..
Supplies :: Supply (v. t.) To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war..
Afford :: Afford (v. t.) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity..
Satisfy :: Satisfy (a.) In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for..
Tommy :: Tommy (n.) Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance..
Reservoir :: Reservoir (n.) A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like..
Fill :: Fill (a.) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
Feed :: Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones..
Ration :: Ration (v. t.) To supply with rations, as a regiment..
Water :: Water (v. t.) To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses..
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press..
Maintenance :: Maintenance (n.) That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
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