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supply > 7 senses
NOUN1supplyAn amount of something available for use
2supplyOffering goods and services for sale
3supply, provision, supplyingThe activity of supplying or providing something
VERB1supply, provide, render, furnishProvide or furnish with
2supply, issueCirculate or distribute or equip with
3supply, provide, ply, caterProvide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
4supply, add, appendState or say further
supply > pronunciation
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supply > noun 1, quantity
MeaningAn amount of something available for use.
Narrowerreservoir
Broaderindefinite quantity
Verbssupply; supply; supply
supply > noun 2, process
MeaningOffering goods and services for sale.
Broadereconomic process
Contrarydemand
Verbssupply
supply > noun 3, act
MeaningThe activity of supplying or providing something.
Synonymsprovision, supplying
Narrowerirrigation; feeding, alimentation; fueling, refueling; healthcare delivery, health care delivery, care delivery; issue, issuing, issuance; logistics; purveyance; stocking; subvention
Broaderactivity
Verbssupply; supply; supply
supply > verb 1, possession
MeaningProvide or furnish with.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something
Synonymsprovide, render, furnish
Entailed bysupplement
Narrowerhydrate; charge; date; feed; calk; fund; stint, skimp, scant; terrace, terrasse; dado; innervate; offer; signalize, signalise; extend, offer; stock; stock, buy in; caption; tube; ticket; stock; stock; rim; fret; step; rail; grate; capitalize, capitalise; alphabetize; wharf; air-condition; uniform; railroad; partner; bewhisker, whisker; subtitle; headline; match; hobnail; wive; victual; surfeit, cloy; heat; seat; seat; ramp; arm; interleave; glass, glaze; crenel, crenelate, crenellate; causeway; canal, canalize, canalise; bush; brattice; furnish; slat; berth; bed; computerize, computerise; costume; bottom; rafter; tool; key; fuel; provision, purvey; yield, give, afford; equip, fit, fit out, outfit; transistorize, transistorise; upholster; cleat; coal; corbel; cornice; constitutionalize; copper-bottom; curtain; gate; index; joint, articulate; pour; pump; fuel, fire; flood, oversupply, glut; toggle; patch; water; leverage; tap; top; reflectorize, reflectorise; retrofit; border, edge; machicolate; sanitate; hat; theme; shelter
Broadergive
Nounssupply, supplying; supplier; supply
supply > verb 2, social
MeaningCirculate or distribute or equip with.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"supply blankets for the beds"
Synonymsissue
Narrowerunblock, unfreeze, free, release; reissue; free, release
Broaderdistribute
Contraryrecall
Nounssupply; supply; supply
supply > verb 3, consumption
MeaningProvide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
Synonymsprovide, ply, cater
Narrowerstaff; drench; regale, treat; board; feed, give; feed; serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish; cater; pander, pimp, procure; serve, help; power; feed; gratify, pander, indulge; underlay; meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil; horse; shower; accommodate; nourish, nurture, sustain; fix up; gutter
Broadergive
Nounssupply; supply
supply > verb 4, communication
MeaningState or say further.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Synonymsadd, append
Narrowerslip in, stick in, sneak in, insert; toss in
Broaderstate, say, tell

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