supply
/səˈplaɪ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "to supply money for the war"
- "to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition"
- "Rivers are supplied by smaller streams."
- "It was objected against him that he had never experienced love. Whereupon he arose, left the society, and made it a point not to return to it until he considered that he had supplied the defect."
- "Burning ships the banished sun supply."
- "The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky."
Etymology
From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”). The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: supplien, soupleer, suppleo
Usage
Inflected Forms
supplies (present, singular)
supplying (participle, present)
supplied (participle, past)
supplied (past)
supplies (plural)
more supply (comparative)
most supply (superlative)
supplely (alternative)