to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite

to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.

to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite)

to supply electricity to a community.

to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.)

The TVA supplied the need for cheap electricity.

to fill or occupy as a substitute, as a vacancy, a pulpit, etc.

During the summer local clergymen will supply the pulpit.

to fill the place of another, esp. the pulpit of a church, temporarily or as a substitute

Who will supply until the new minister arrives?

the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.

to begin the supply of household help.

something that is supplied

The storm cut off our water supply.

a quantity of something on hand or available, as for use; a stock or store

Did you see our new supply of shirts?

Usually, supplies. a provision, stock, or store of food or other things necessary for maintenance

to lay in supplies for the winter.

Economics . the quantity of a commodity that is in the market and available for purchase or that is available for purchase at a particular price.

supplies, Military .

all items necessary for the equipment, maintenance, and operation of a military command, including food, clothing, arms, ammunition, fuel, materials, and machinery.

procurement, distribution, maintenance, and salvage of supplies.

a person who fills a vacancy or takes the place of another, esp. temporarily.

supplies. Obsolete . reinforcements.

Obsolete . aid.