Antonyms for supply


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : suh-plahy
Phonetic Transcription : səˈplaɪ


Definition of supply

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to help, support, maintain," also "fill up, make up for," from Old French supplier "fill up, make full," from Latin supplere "fill up, complete," from sub "up from below" + plere "to fill" (see pleio-). The meaning "furnish, provide" first recorded 1520s. Related: Supplied; supplying.
  • noun reserve of goods
  • verb furnish, provide, give a resource
Example sentences :
  • Moreover, it would have been easy, to supply the emendation.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • It was not the first time he had known of such an effort on her part to supply him with food.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • (b) What food substance do they supply in quantity to the diet?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • We carved off a supply from both, and saved the skins, and hove the rest overboard.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • When the interest of being in danger ceased, I had no other to supply its place.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The brindled cow, which has led us hither, will supply us with milk.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Remember the interpositions of God to supply the necessities of the destitute.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • "We must do our best to supply the deficiency," said Morton, as he entered.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The 'interviewer' may make use of it to supply him with 'copy,' but this remains to be seen.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • They see their needs; they have the means to supply what they want.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various

Synonyms for supply

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