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supplied
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Supply \Sup*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplied; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplying.] [For older supploy, F. suppl['e]er, OF. also supployer, (assumed) LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to fill, akin to plenus full. See Plenty.]
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.
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To serve instead of; to take the place of.
Burning ships the banished sun supply.
--Waller.The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky.
--Dryden. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
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To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war.
--Prior.Syn: To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: supply)
WordNet
v. provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: provide, render, furnish]
circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" [syn: issue] [ant: recall]
provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide, ply, cater]
state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" [syn: add, append]
[also: supplied]
See supply
Usage examples of "supplied".
In the trachea, bronchi, and larger bronchial tubes, the stiffness is supplied by rings of cartilage, while in the smaller tubes this is replaced by connective and muscular tissue.
These convey to the lungs blood that has already been supplied with oxygen, passing it into the capillaries in the walls of the bronchi, bronchial tubes, and large blood vessels, as well as the connective tissue between the lobes of the lungs.
This is seen in the hand which, in grasping, uses motion supplied by the muscle cells, a controlling influence supplied by the nerve cells, a framework supplied by the bone cells, and so on.
That the great needs of the body are supplied from its surroundings are facts of common experience.
The cells in all parts of the body require water and this is supplied to them from the blood.
This membrane is well supplied with blood vessels and secretes a considerable quantity of liquid.
A framework for the thorax is supplied by the ribs which connect with the spinal column behind and with the sternum, or breast-bone, in front.
It is constantly leaving the body as a waste product and must be constantly supplied in small quantities in the foods.
This information is supplied by the chemist, who has made extensive analyses for this purpose.
Carbohydrates are supplied in abundance by potatoes, rice, corn, sugar, and molasses.
Most of the liquid acting on the food in the small intestine is supplied by two large glands, the liver and the pancreas, that connect with it by ducts.
Following this is an interval when the body is taking no food, but during which the cells must be supplied with nourishment.
The cells obtain their materials from the lymph, and the lymph is supplied from the blood.
Somewhat as the power of the steam engine is derived from the combustion of fuel in the furnaces, the energy of the body is supplied through the oxidations at the cells.
The oxidations at the cells are, therefore, under such control that the quantity of kinetic energy supplied to the body as a whole, and to the different organs, is proportional to the work that is done.