1.  supply(n = noun.quantity) - an amount of something available for use;
is a kind of indefinite quantity
has particulars: reservoir
Derived forms verb supply₃, verb supply₁, verb supply₂

2.  supply(n = noun.process) - offering goods and services for sale;
is a kind of economic process
Antonym: demand
Derived form verb supply₂

3.  supply(n = noun.act) provision, supplying - the activity of supplying or providing something;
is a kind of activity
has particulars: irrigation, alimentation, feeding, fueling, refueling, care delivery, health care delivery, healthcare delivery, issuance, issue, issuing, logistics, purveyance, stocking, subvention
Derived forms verb supply₃, verb supply₁, verb supply₂

1.  supply(v = verb.possession) furnish, provide, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
is one way to give
Derived forms noun supplier₁, noun supply₃, noun supply₁, noun supplying₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something

2.  supply(v = verb.social) issue - circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"
is one way to distribute
Derived forms noun supply₃, noun supply₂, noun supply₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  supply(v = verb.consumption) cater, ply, provide - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
is one way to give
Derived forms noun supply₃, noun supply₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something PP

4.  supply(v = verb.communication) add, append - state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
is one way to say, state, tell
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

1.  To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition. [1913 Webster]

2.  To serve instead of; to take the place of. [1913 Webster]
"Burning ships the banished sun supply." [1913 Webster]
"The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply
His absent beams, had lighted up the sky." [1913 Webster]

3.  To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit. [1913 Webster]

4.  To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war. Prior. [1913 Webster]

1.  The act of supplying; supplial. A. Tucker. [1913 Webster]

2.  That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. [1913 Webster]

   Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve. [1913 Webster]

supply, v. & n.
--v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 provide or furnish (a thing needed).
2 (often foll. by with) provide (a person etc. with a thing needed).
3 meet or make up for (a deficiency or need etc.).
4 fill (a vacancy, place, etc.) as a substitute.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 the act or an instance of providing what is needed.
2 a stock, store, amount, etc., of something provided or obtainable (a large supply of water; the gas-supply).
3 (in pl.) a the collected provisions and equipment for an army, expedition, etc. b a grant of money by Parliament for the costs of government. c a money allowance to a person.
4 (often attrib.) a person, esp. a schoolteacher or clergyman, acting as a temporary substitute for another.
5 (attrib.) providing supplies or a supply (supply officer).

Idiom:
in short supply available in limited quantity. on supply (of a schoolteacher etc.) acting as a supply. supply and demand Econ. quantities available and required as factors regulating the price of commodities. supply-side Econ. denoting a policy of low taxation and other incentives to produce goods and invest.

Derivative:
supplier n.

supply, adv. (also supplely) in a supple manner .

N  store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.

N  provision, supply, grist, grist for the mill, subvention, resources, groceries, grocery, providing, purveyance, reinforcement, reenforcement, commissariat, provender, ensilage, viaticum, caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur, jackal, pelican, sutler, grocery shop, grocery store.

VB  provide, make provision, make due provision for, lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store, supply, suppeditate, furnish, find, find one in, arm, cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage, beat up for, stock, stock with, make good, replenish, fill, fill up, recruit, feed, have in store, have in reserve, keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand, have to fall back upon, store, provide against a rainy day.

VB  deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away, dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay, render, impart, communicate, concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast, spend, give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign, intrust, consign, vest in, make a present, allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota, invest, endow, settle upon, bequeath, leave, devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford, spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon, lavish, pour on, thrust upon, tip, bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice, immolate.

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