transitive. To supply or furnish (a ship, castle, garrison, body of troops, etc.) with victuals, esp. with a store to last for some time.

transitive. To feed or supply (a person) with food or provisions; to feed or provide (an animal) with fodder or feed. Also reflexive.

transitive. To supply with provisions.

transitive. To supply with provisions or stores; esp. to supply with a stock of food. Also figurative.

intransitive. To act as ‘cater’, caterer, or purveyor of provisions; to provide a supply of food for.

transitive. U.S. regional (chiefly Midland). To provide (a person or group of people) with sufficient bread or food for subsistence. Now rare.

slang. transitive. To provide with ‘grub’ or food. slang.

transitive. To supply (a person or animal) with a ration or allowance; to limit to a fixed amount of food or other commodity. Also with to and refl…

transitive. To provide or supply with fruit and vegetables. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To supply with food. Also reflexive.

To deal out (food) to animals. Also with out, and with ellipsis of indirect object. Similarly, to supply (food) to (a person, etc.).