English noun: supply | |||
1. | supply (quantity) an amount of something available for use | ||
Broader (hypernym) | indefinite quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | reservoir | ||
2. | supply (process) offering goods and services for sale | ||
Broader (hypernym) | economic process | ||
Antonyms | demand | ||
3. | supply (act) the activity of supplying or providing something | ||
Synonyms | provision, supplying | ||
Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alimentation, care delivery, feeding, fueling, health care delivery, healthcare delivery, irrigation, issuance, issue, issuing, logistics, purveyance, refueling, stocking, subvention | ||
English verb: supply | |||
1. | supply (possession) give something useful or necessary to | ||
Samples | We provided the room with an electrical heater. | ||
Synonyms | furnish, provide, render | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody with something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | afford, air-condition, air-cool, alphabetize, arm, articulate, bed, berth, bewhisker, border, bottom, brattice, bush, buy in, calk, canal, canalise, canalize, capitalise, capitalize, caption, causeway, charge, cleat, cloy, coal, computerise, computerize, constitutionalize, copper-bottom, corbel, cornice, costume, crenel, crenelate, crenellate, curtain, dado, date, edge, equip, extend, feed, fire, fit, fit out, flood, fret, fuel, fuel, fund, furnish, gate, give, glass, glaze, glut, grate, hat, headline, headquarter, heat, hobnail, hydrate, index, innervate, interleave, joint, kern, key, leverage, machicolate, match, offer, offer, outfit, oversupply, partner, patch, pour, provision, pump, purvey, rafter, rail, railroad, ramp, reflectorise, reflectorize, retrofit, rim, sanitate, scant, seat, seat, shelter, signalise, signalize, skimp, slat, step, stint, stock, stock, stock, stock, stock up, subtitle, surfeit, tap, terrace, terrasse, theme, ticket, toggle, tool, top, top out, transistorise, transistorize, tube, uniform, upholster, victual, water, wharf, whisker, wive, yield | ||
2. | supply (social) circulate or distribute or equip with | ||
Samples | Issue a new uniform to the children. Supply blankets for the beds. | ||
Synonyms | issue | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distribute | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | free, free, reissue, release, release, unblock, unfreeze | ||
Antonyms | recall | ||
3. | supply (consumption) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | ||
Samples | The hostess provided lunch for all the guests. | ||
Synonyms | cater, ply, provide | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody with something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accommodate, board, cater, dish, dish out, dish up, drench, feed, feed, feed, fill, fix up, fulfil, fulfill, give, gratify, gutter, help, horse, indulge, meet, nourish, nurture, pander, pander, pimp, power, procure, regale, satisfy, serve, serve, serve up, shower, staff, sustain, treat, underlay | ||
4. | supply (communication) state or say further | ||
Samples | `It doesn't matter,' he supplied. | ||
Synonyms | add, append | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | say, state, tell | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | insert, slip in, sneak in, stick in, toss in | ||