Crossword clues for supplying
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. (present participle of supply English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "supplying".
Lord Begamon, too, was implicated: he was accused of supplying marks, the horses used on the abortive assault on Aivas, and a safe harbor for the ship.
The rivalry between the different groups over supplying the kettle became a matter of honor.
Keff spent plenty of time answering questions and supplying telemetry scans for their use.
He could imagine the expressions on the faces of Admiral Coetzer and Secretary Abubakar when he told them he'd consider supplying Mars, too.
Surely that could be remedied by supplying her with home-grown sustenance.
Naturally this allowed the militants the chance to complain that FT&T was not doing its duty by supplying Primes when needed.
Sometimes, as with Killashandra, he could establish an intimate relationship with someone whose body was singing with crystal pulse, the contact supplying surrogate reinforcements.
He did so, supplying us with an ecological chain that includes plants, trees, grain, food beasts, and those that could be used in a variety of tasks, such as the sled dogs, curly-coats, moose, deer, the other small food and fur animals, birds, insects: all viable on this cold, snowbound planet.
Besides, it rounds things gut,” end he made a cage of the fingers in both hands, rotating one around the other, “and they get back a little of what they've been dealng out besides supplying us with guinea-pigs for whatever might lurk in one of those valleys.
So it was decided that they could continue where they were: they had an adequate work-force which could take turns hunting and supplying their needs, and the nearby caves were already habitable.
He had mentioned to Paul that there was not much left at the original site, but that Kenjo had been supplying the Mariposa.
Seven holds are capable of supplying runners for the relay, each covering outlying cotholds.
He knew just where firestone could be mined so there'd be no problem supplying Ruth.
You have been supplying the Smithcrafthall with much needed zinc, copper, and other ores, for which that is a token of gratitude.
Jaxom had them interned separately in some of the small, dark inner rooms of the Hold, supplying them with only water and dim glowbaskets.