SUPPLY (supplied)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supply mean? 

• SUPPLY (noun)
  The noun SUPPLY has 3 senses:

1. an amount of something available for use

2. offering goods and services for sale

3. the activity of supplying or providing something

  Familiarity information: SUPPLY used as a noun is uncommon.

• SUPPLY (verb)
  The verb SUPPLY has 4 senses:

1. give something useful or necessary to

2. circulate or distribute or equip with

3. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

4. state or say further

  Familiarity information: SUPPLY used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPPLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An amount of something available for use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("supply" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supply"):

reservoir (a large or extra supply of something)

Derivation:

supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

supply (give something useful or necessary to)

supply (circulate or distribute or equip with)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Offering goods and services for sale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("supply" is a kind of...):

economic process (any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth, or, according to Carmine Gorga, Ph.D., author of the book 'The Economic Process', the process of production of real wealth, distribution of ownership rights over real and monetary wealth, and consumption or expenditure of monetary wealth to purchase real wealth)

Antonym:

demand (the ability and desire to purchase goods and services)

Derivation:

supply (circulate or distribute or equip with)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The activity of supplying or providing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

provision; supply; supplying

Hypernyms ("supply" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supply"):

irrigation (supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc)

alimentation; feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)

fueling; refueling (the activity of supplying or taking on fuel)

care delivery; health care delivery; healthcare delivery (the provision of health care)

issuance; issue; issuing (the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity))

logistics (handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed)

purveyance (the act of supplying something)

stocking (the activity of supplying a stock of something)

subvention (the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort)

Derivation:

supply (give something useful or necessary to)

supply (circulate or distribute or equip with)

supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

• SUPPLY (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give something useful or necessary to

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

furnish; provide; render; supply

Context example:

We provided the room with an electrical heater

Hypernyms (to "supply" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "supply"):

hydrate (supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance)

charge (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge)

date (provide with a dateline; mark with a date)

feed (feed into; supply)

calk (provide with calks)

fund (provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest)

scant; skimp; stint (supply sparingly and with restricted quantities)

terrace; terrasse (provide (a house) with a terrace)

dado (provide with a dado)

innervate (supply nerves to (some organ or body part))

offer (make available or accessible, provide or furnish)

signalise; signalize (provide with traffic signals)

extend; offer (make available; provide)

stock (provide or furnish with a stock of something)

buy in; stock; stock up (amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use)

caption (provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing)

tube (provide with a tube or insert a tube into)

ticket (provide with a ticket for passage or admission)

stock (supply with livestock)

stock (supply with fish)

rim (furnish with a rim)

fret (provide (a musical instrument) with frets)

step (furnish with steps)

rail (provide with rails)

grate (furnish with a grate)

capitalise; capitalize (supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders)

alphabetize (provide with an alphabet)

wharf (provide with a wharf)

air-condition; air-cool (equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature)

uniform (provide with uniforms)

railroad (supply with railroad lines)

partner (provide with a partner)

bewhisker; whisker (furnish with whiskers)

subtitle (supply (a movie) with subtitles)

headline (provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline)

match (provide funds complementary to)

hobnail (supply with hobnails)

wive (provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife)

victual (supply with food)

cloy; surfeit (supply or feed to surfeit)

heat (provide with heat)

seat (provide with seats)

seat (put a seat on a chair)

ramp (furnish with a ramp)

arm (supply with arms)

interleave (provide (books) with blank leaves)

glass; glaze (furnish with glass)

crenel; crenelate; crenellate (supply with battlements)

causeway (provide with a causeway)

canal; canalise; canalize (provide (a city) with a canal)

bush (provide with a bushing)

brattice (supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines)

furnish (provide or equip with furniture)

slat (equip or bar with slats)

berth (provide with a berth)

bed (furnish with a bed)

computerise; computerize (provide with computers)

costume (furnish with costumes; as for a film or play)

bottom (provide with a bottom or a seat)

rafter (provide (a ceiling) with rafters)

tool (furnish with tools)

key (provide with a key)

fuel (provide with a combustible substance that provides energy)

provision; purvey (supply with provisions)

afford; give; yield (be the cause or source of)

equip; fit; fit out; outfit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)

transistorise; transistorize (equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors)

upholster (provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers)

cleat (provide with cleats)

coal (supply with coal)

corbel (furnish with a corbel)

cornice (furnish with a cornice)

constitutionalize (provide with a constitution, as of a country)

copper-bottom (provide with a copper bottom)

curtain (provide with drapery)

gate (supply with a gate)

index (provide with an index)

articulate; joint (provide with a joint)

pour (supply in large amounts or quantities)

pump (supply in great quantities)

fire; fuel (provide with fuel)

flood; glut; oversupply (supply with an excess of)

toggle (provide with a toggle or toggles)

patch (provide with a patch; also used metaphorically)

water (provide with water)

leverage (provide with leverage)

tap (furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it)

top; top out (provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure))

reflectorise; reflectorize (provide with reflectors, such as chemicals)

retrofit (provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture)

border; edge (provide with a border or edge)

machicolate (supply with projecting galleries)

sanitate (provide with sanitary facilities or appliances)

hat (furnish with a hat)

theme (provide with a particular theme or motive)

kern (furnish with a kern)

headquarter (provide with headquarters)

shelter (provide shelter for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

supplier (someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity)

supply (the activity of supplying or providing something)

supply (an amount of something available for use)

supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Circulate or distribute or equip with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

issue; supply

Context example:

supply blankets for the beds

Hypernyms (to "supply" is one way to...):

distribute (make available)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "supply"):

free; release; unblock; unfreeze (make (assets) available)

reissue (issue (a new version of))

free; release (make (information) available for publication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

supply (the activity of supplying or providing something)

supply (offering goods and services for sale)

supply (an amount of something available for use)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

cater; ply; provide; supply

Context example:

The hostess provided lunch for all the guests

Hypernyms (to "supply" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "supply"):

staff (provide with staff)

drench (force to drink)

regale; treat (provide with choice or abundant food or drink)

board (provide food and lodging (for))

feed; give (give food to)

feed (serve as food for; be the food for)

dish; dish out; dish up; serve; serve up (provide (usually but not necessarily food))

cater (supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets)

pander; pimp; procure (arrange for sexual partners for others)

help; serve (help to some food; help with food or drink)

power (supply the force or power for the functioning of)

feed (provide as food)

gratify; indulge; pander (yield (to); give satisfaction to)

underlay (provide with a base, support, lining, or backing)

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)

horse (provide with a horse or horses)

shower (provide abundantly with)

accommodate (provide with something desired or needed)

nourish; nurture; sustain (provide with nourishment)

fix up (find (something or someone) for)

gutter (provide with gutters)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

supply (the activity of supplying or providing something)

supply (an amount of something available for use)

Sense 4

Meaning:

State or say further

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

add; append; supply

Context example:

'It doesn't matter,' he supplied

Hypernyms (to "supply" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "supply"):

insert; slip in; sneak in; stick in (insert casually)

toss in (add casually to a conversation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

He then fastened his end of the rope to the package of supplies which had been carried up, and we were able to drag it across.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Necrotic changes in the bone tissue due to interruption of blood supply.

(Avascular Necrosis of Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

But I was a human being, and had a human being's wants: I must not linger where there was nothing to supply them.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Anti-VEGFR-3 monoclonal antibody IMC-3C5 specifically binds to and inhibits VEGFR-3, which may result in inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and a decrease in tumor nutrient supply.

(Anti-VEGFR3 Monoclonal Antibody IMC-3C5, NCI Thesaurus)

This supply would take him far down.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He was worth nothing to the world. The supply is too large.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Have a back-up plan and supplies in the event of an emergency.

(Medical Device Safety, Food and Drug Administration)

It was a very useful note, for it supplied them with fresh matter for thought and conversation during the rest of their lonely evening.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

If you have no work of your own, I can supply you from the poor basket.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The results suggest that modern additions to the food supply can interact with gut microbiota to influence inflammation, metabolism, and weight.

(Food Additives Alter Gut Microbes, Cause Diseases in Mice, NIH)