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S0906400 (sə-plī′)tr.v. sup·plied, sup·ply·ing, sup·plies 1. To make available for use; provide: Does the hotel supply towels?2. To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip: supplied the players with uniforms. See Synonyms at furnish.3. To have as a necessary or desirable feature: a crime scene that supplied valuable evidence.4. To fill sufficiently; satisfy: supply a need.5. To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for.n. pl. sup·plies 1. The act of supplying: funds for the supply of the expedition.2. An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock: Our supply of milk is low.3. often supplies Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed.4. Economics The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price.

[Middle English supplien, to help, complete, furnish with additional troops, from Old French soupleer, to fill up, from Latin supplēre : sub-, from below; see sub- + plēre, to fill; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]

sup·pli′er n.

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(səˈplaɪ) vb, -plies, -plying or -plied1. (often foll by: with) to furnish with something that is required: to supply the community with good government. 2. (tr; often foll by to or for) to make available or provide (something that is desired or lacking): to supply books to the library. 3. (tr) to provide for adequately; make good; satisfy: who will supply their needs?. 4. (Professions) to serve as a substitute, usually temporary, in (another's position, etc): there are no clergymen to supply the pulpit. 5. (tr) Brit to fill (a vacancy, position, etc)n, pl -plies6. a. the act of providing or something that is providedb. (as modifier): a supply dump. 7. (often plural) an amount available for use; stock8. (plural) food, equipment, etc, needed for a campaign or trip9. (Economics) economics a. willingness and ability to offer goods and services for saleb. the amount of a commodity that producers are willing and able to offer for sale at a specified price. Compare demand⁹10. (Military) military a. the management and disposal of food and equipmentb. (as modifier): supply routes. 11. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often plural) a grant of money voted by a legislature for government expenses, esp those not covered by other revenues12. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Parliament and similar legislatures) the money voted annually for the expenses of the civil service and armed forces13. (Professions) a. a person who acts as a temporary substituteb. (as modifier): a supply vicar. 14. (Electrical Engineering) a source of electrical energy, gas, etc15. obsolete aid or assistance[C14: from Old French souppleier, from Latin supplēre to complete, from sub- up + plēre to fill] supˈpliable adj supˈplier n

supply

(ˈsʌplɪ) or

supplely

advin a supple manner

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v. -plied, -ply•ing, v.t. 1. to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: supplying the poor with clothing. 2. to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): supplied needed water to the region. 3. to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.). 4. to fill or occupy as a substitute, as a vacancy or a pulpit. v.i. 5. to substitute for another, esp. in the pulpit of a church. n. 6. the act of supplying, furnishing, satisfying, etc. 7. something that is supplied: the city's water supply. 8. a quantity of something on hand or available; stock or store: a large supply of swimwear. 9. Usu., supplies. a provision, stock, or store of food or other things necessary for maintenance. 10. the quantity of a commodity that is in the market and available for purchase or that is available for purchase at a particular price. 11. supplies, a. the food, clothing, arms, etc., necessary to equip a military command. b. the department, officers, etc., in charge of procuring supplies. 12. a person who fills a vacancy or takes the place of another, esp. temporarily. [1325–75; < Middle French souplier,soupleer « Latin supplēre to fill up] sup•pli′er, n.

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(ˈsʌp li)

adv. in a supple manner; supplely. [1525–35]

supply

The procurement, distribution, maintenance while in storage, and salvage of supplies, including the determination of kind and quantity of supplies. a. producer phase--That phase of military supply that extends from determination of procurement schedules to acceptance of finished supplies by the Military Services. b. consumer phase--That phase of military supply which extends from receipt of finished supplies by the Military Services through issue for use or consumption.

supply

If you supply someone with something, you provide them with it.

I can supply you with food and drink.The Baird Co. supplies Hollywood with everything from decorative wall posters to fictional police badges.

You can also say that something is supplied to someone.

This system ensures that heat is supplied to all customers at an adequate temperature.Much of the material supplied to the army was faulty.

supply

Past participle: supplied
Gerund: supplying

Imperative
supply
supply

Present
I supply
you supply
he/she/it supplies
we supply
you supply
they supply

Preterite
I supplied
you supplied
he/she/it supplied
we supplied
you supplied
they supplied

Present Continuous
I am supplying
you are supplying
he/she/it is supplying
we are supplying
you are supplying
they are supplying

Present Perfect
I have supplied
you have supplied
he/she/it has supplied
we have supplied
you have supplied
they have supplied

Past Continuous
I was supplying
you were supplying
he/she/it was supplying
we were supplying
you were supplying
they were supplying

Past Perfect
I had supplied
you had supplied
he/she/it had supplied
we had supplied
you had supplied
they had supplied

Future
I will supply
you will supply
he/she/it will supply
we will supply
you will supply
they will supply

Future Perfect
I will have supplied
you will have supplied
he/she/it will have supplied
we will have supplied
you will have supplied
they will have supplied

Future Continuous
I will be supplying
you will be supplying
he/she/it will be supplying
we will be supplying
you will be supplying
they will be supplying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been supplying
you have been supplying
he/she/it has been supplying
we have been supplying
you have been supplying
they have been supplying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been supplying
you will have been supplying
he/she/it will have been supplying
we will have been supplying
you will have been supplying
they will have been supplying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been supplying
you had been supplying
he/she/it had been supplying
we had been supplying
you had been supplying
they had been supplying

Conditional
I would supply
you would supply
he/she/it would supply
we would supply
you would supply
they would supply

Past Conditional
I would have supplied
you would have supplied
he/she/it would have supplied
we would have supplied
you would have supplied
they would have supplied

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	supply - an amount of something available for useindefinite quantity - an estimated quantityreservoir - a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent"
	2.	supply - offering goods and services for saleeconomic process - any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealthdemand - the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"
	3.	supply - the activity of supplying or providing somethingsupplying, provisionactivity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"irrigation - supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etcalimentation, feeding - the act of supplying food and nourishmentfueling, refueling - the activity of supplying or taking on fuelcare delivery, health care delivery, healthcare delivery - the provision of health careissuance, issuing, issue - the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity); "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"logistics - handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as neededpurveyance - the act of supplying somethingstocking - the activity of supplying a stock of something; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout"subvention - the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort
Verb	1.	supply - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"furnish, provide, renderhydrate - supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently"charge - energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery"date - provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"feed - feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"calk - provide with calks; "calk horse shoes"give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"fund - provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of intereststint, scant, skimp - supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"terrace, terrasse - provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"dado - provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"innervate - supply nerves to (some organ or body part)offer - make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"signalise, signalize - provide with traffic signals; "signalize a busy intersection"extend, offer - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"stock - provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"buy in, stock up, stock - amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"caption - provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawingtube - provide with a tube or insert a tube intoticket - provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed passengers can board now"stock - supply with livestock; "stock a farm"stock - supply with fish; "stock a lake"rim - furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"fret - provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"step - furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace"rail - provide with rails; "The yard was railed"grate - furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace"capitalise, capitalize - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lendersalphabetize - provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages"wharf - provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river"air-cool, air-condition - equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature; "Our house is not air-conditioned"uniform - provide with uniforms; "The guards were uniformed"railroad - supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West"partner - provide with a partnerbewhisker, whisker - furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey"subtitle - supply (a movie) with subtitlesheadline - provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headlinematch - provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the employees' contributions"hobnail - supply with hobnailswive - provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wifevictual - supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war"cloy, surfeit - supply or feed to surfeitheat - provide with heat; "heat the house"seat - provide with seats; "seat a concert hall"seat - put a seat on a chairramp - furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium"arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"interleave - provide (books) with blank leavesglass, glaze - furnish with glass; "glass the windows"crenel, crenelate, crenellate - supply with battlementscauseway - provide with a causeway; "A causewayed swamp"canal, canalise, canalize - provide (a city) with a canalbush - provide with a bushingbrattice - supply with a brattice, to ventilate minesfurnish - provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"slat - equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows"berth - provide with a berthbed - furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"computerise, computerize - provide with computers; "Our office is fully computerized now"costume - furnish with costumes; as for a film or play
	2.	supply - circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"issueunfreeze, unblock, release, free - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"reissue - issue (a new version of); "if you forget your password, it can be changed and reissued"distribute - make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"free, release - make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
	3.	supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"cater, ply, providestaff - provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"drench - force to drinkregale, treat - provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"board - provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"feed - serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"dish, dish up, serve up, dish out, serve - provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show"cater - supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquetspimp, procure, pander - arrange for sexual partners for othershelp, serve - help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"power - supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"feed - provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"pander, gratify, indulge - yield (to); give satisfaction tounderlay - provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; "underlay the boards with joists"fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or needhorse - provide with a horse or horsesshower - provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"accommodate - provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"nourish, nurture, sustain - provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"fix up - find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl"gutter - provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings"give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
	4.	supply - state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"add, appendsay, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert - insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work"toss in - add casually to a conversation; "`I don't agree with this,' she tossed in"

supply

verb1. provide, give, furnish, produce, stock, store, grant, afford, contribute, yield, come up with, outfit, endow, purvey, victual an agreement not to supply chemical weapons to these countries2. furnish, provide, equip, serve, endow a pipeline which will supply the city with natural gas3. meet, provide for, fill, satisfy, fulfil, be adequate for, cater to or for a society that looks to the government to supply their needsnoun1. store, fund, stock, source, reserve, quantity, reservoir, stockpile, hoard, cache The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen.2. supplying, provision, distribution, sending out, furnishing, dissemination Prices have changed according to supply and demand.plural noun1. provisions, necessities, stores, food, materials, items, equipment, rations, foodstuff, provender The country's only supplies are those it can import by lorry.

supply

verb1. To act as a substitute:fill in, stand in, substitute.Informal: pinch-hit, sub.2. To relinquish to the possession or control of another:deliver, furnish, give, hand, hand over, provide, transfer, turn over.

Translations

供应供应品供给提供物资

supply

(səˈplai) verb to give or provide. Who is supplying the rebels with guns and ammunition?; Extra paper will be supplied by the teacher if it is needed; The town is supplied with water from a reservoir in the hills; The shop was unable to supply what she wanted.提供 noun1. the act or process of supplying. 供给2. (often in plural) an amount or quantity that is supplied; a stock or store. She left a supply of food for her husband when she went away for a few days; Who will be responsible for the expedition's supplies?; Fresh supplies will be arriving soon. 供应品，（储备）物资 be in short supply (of goods etc) to be scarce. Bread is in short supply.供应不足

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noun an amount of something available for use

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