supply

IPA: sʌpɫˈaɪ

noun

  • (uncountable) The act of supplying.
  • (countable) An amount of something supplied.
  • (in the plural) Provisions.
  • (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
  • Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

verb

  • (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
  • (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
  • (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
  • (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
  • (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
  • (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
  • (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

adverb

  • Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
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Examples of "supply" in Sentences

  • The quality and supply of food dwindles.
  • The journey was arduous and food was in very short supply.
  • The workers protest about shortages in the supply of food.
  • The larva hatches from the egg and consumes the food supply.
  • Grains supply food energy in the form of starch and carbohydrates.
  • He accused the Navy for secretly supplying food to the French Navy.
  • He accused the vavy of secretly supplying food for the French Navy.
  • This reforestation greatly replenished both the timber and the food supply.
  • The ants act as gardeners and in reward the tree supply the ants with food.

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