English Dictionary

supply

/səˈplaɪ/

verb

(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use. / (transitive) To furnish or equip with. / (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.

The company will supply the necessary materials for the project.

意味（1）

(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

to supply money for the war

意味（2）

(transitive) To furnish or equip with.

to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition

意味（3）

(transitive) To fill up, or keep full.

Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.

意味（4）

(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

It was objected against him that he had never experienced love. Whereupon he arose, left the society, and made it a point not to return to it until he considered that he had supplied the defect.

意味（5）

(transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.

Burning ships the banished sun supply.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To act as a substitute.

意味（7）

(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

to supply a pulpit