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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