supply

B1
Pronunciation
/səˈplaɪ/
/ˈsʌpli/
Noun
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act of supplying.

Example Sentences
  • supply and demand
2 Definition

An amount of something supplied.

Example Sentences
  • A supply of good drinking water is essential.
3 Definition

(in the plural) provisions.

4 Definition

(chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.

Example Sentences
  • to vote supplies
5 Definition

Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

Example Sentences
  • to supply money for the war
2 Definition

To furnish or equip with.

Example Sentences
  • to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition
3 Definition

To fill up, or keep full.

Example Sentences
  • Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.
4 Definition

To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

5 Definition

To serve instead of; to take the place of.

6 Definition

To act as a substitute.

7 Definition

To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

Example Sentences
  • to supply a pulpit
Adverb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.