12. supply the food, clothing, arms, etc., necessary to equip a military command.
13. supply the department, officers, etc., in charge of procuring supplies.
14. supply a person who fills a vacancy or takes the place of another, esp. temporarily.
15. (adv.)supply in a supple manner; supplely.
Etymology: (1525–35)
Definition of 'supply'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)supply an amount of something available for use
2. (noun)supply offering goods and services for sale
3. (verb)provision, supply, supplying the activity of supplying or providing something
4. (verb)supply, provide, render, furnish give something useful or necessary to "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
5. (verb)issue, supply circulate or distribute or equip with "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"
6. (verb)provide, supply, ply, cater give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
7. (verb)add, append, supply state or say further "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
1. (noun)supply an amount of sth that can be used a steady supply of gasoline; Supplies of water are running out.
2. supply the act or process of supplying sth the supply of electricity to major northeastern cities
3. supply in short supply not easy to obtain or find; = scarce Specialist teachers are in short supply.
4. (verb)supply to provide things for people a company that supplies natural gas to the region; We supply schools with art and craft materials.
Definition of 'supply'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)supply serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve
2. (noun)supply the act of supplying; supplial
3. (noun)supply that which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want
4. (noun)supply auxiliary troops or reenforcements
5. (noun)supply the food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies
6. (noun)supply an amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies
7. (noun)supply a person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit
8. (verb)supply to fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition
9. (verb)supply to serve instead of; to take the place of
Sense: 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.
Definitions of supply 
Afrikaans: voorsien
Arabic: يُزَوِّد، يُمَوِّن
Bulgarian: доставям
Brazilian: fornecer
Czech: zásobovat, poskytnout
German: (be)liefern
Danish: forsyne; levere
Greek: εφοδιάζω
Spanish: proporcionar, abastecer
Estonian: varustama
Farsi: تامين كردن
Finnish: toimittaa
French: fournir, approvisionner
Hebrew: לְסַפֵּק
Hindi: सप्लाई करना
Croatian: snabdijevati, dobavljati
Hungarian: ellát
Indonesian: memasok
Icelandic: útvega, láta í té
Italian: fornire
Japanese: 供給する
Korean: 공급하다
Lithuanian: tiekti, aprūpinti
Latvian: apgādāt; piegādāt
Malay: membekalkan
Dutch: verschaffen
Norwegian: forsyne, levere, skaffe
Polish: dostarczać, zaopatrywać
Persian: تامين كردن
Pashto: تامینول
Portuguese: fornecer
Romanian: a furniza, a aproviziona
Russian: снабжать; давать;поставля
Slovak: dodávať; zásobovať; posky
Slovenian: preskrbeti
Serbian: snabdeti
Swedish: skaffa, tillhandahålla
Thai: จัดหาให้
Turkish: sağlamak, vermek
Taiwanese: 提供
Ukrainian: постачати; доставляти
Urdu: ضروریات مہیا کرنا
Vietnamese: cung cấp, tiếp tế
Chinese: 提供
