transitive verb supplied -·plied′, supplying -·ply′·ing

1. to give, furnish, or provide (what is needed or wanted) to supply tools to workers
2. to meet the needs or requirements of; furnish, provide, or equip with what is needed or wanted to supply workers with tools
3. to compensate for; make good to supply a deficiency
4. to act as a substitute in; fill or serve in temporarily to supply another's pulpit

Etymology: ME supplyen < MFr supplier < L supplere, to fill up < sub-, sub- + plere, to fill: see full

intransitive verb

noun pl. supplies -·plies′

1. the act of supplying
2. an amount or quantity available for use; stock; store
3. materials, provisions, etc. for supplying an army, expedition, a business, etc.; sometimes, specif., provisions for an army other than materiel, vehicles, etc.
4. Chiefly Brit. an amount of money granted for government expenses; appropriation
5. a temporary substitute, as for a minister
6. Obsolete
   1. aid; assistance
   2. reinforcements
7. Econ. the amount of a commodity available for purchase at a given price

adjective

1. having to do with a supply or supplies
2. serving as a substitute