Definition of afford

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Afford (v. t.) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish..

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Comfort :: Comfort (n.) Encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation..
Patronage :: Patronage (n.) Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author..
Diathermic :: Diathermic (a.) Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances..
Pabulous :: Pabulous (a.) Affording pabulum, or food; alimental..
Feeding :: Feeding (n.) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land..
Delightful :: Delightful (a.) Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.
Suffisance :: Sufficing (a.) Affording enough; satisfying.
Range :: Range (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove..
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood..
Substract :: Substitutive (a.) Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted.
Alhambresque :: Alhambresque (a.) Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture..
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..
Riga Fir :: Riga fir () A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; -- called also Scotch pine, and red / yellow deal. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia..
Please :: Please (v. i.) To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.
Float :: Float (v. i.) A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die..
Cat''s-eye :: Cat's-eye (n.) A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl..
Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture.
Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage..
Joyous :: "Joyous (a.) Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy..
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