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# supply

«supply» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give or provide something that people need** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a supply, supplies); verb (supply, supplies, supplied, supplying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To supply is to give or provide something that people need. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#m1)

2) (noun) A supply is an amount of something kept for use when needed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#m2)

3) Supplies are things like food, tools or school equipment that people need. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#m3)

4) The system that brings things like water, gas or electricity to homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and school: school supplies (pencils, paper). Safety: an emergency supply of water and food. In geography and economics: supply and demand; water supply. In science: blood supplies oxygen to the body.

### examples

- We need more art supplies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x1)
- Farmers supply milk to the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x2)
- The cupboard has a supply of tissues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x3)
- Keep a supply of water in case of a storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x4)
- The water supply was cut off for a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x5)
- Blood supplies oxygen to your muscles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x6)
- The explorers ran out of supplies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x7)
- The brindled cow, which has led us hither, will supply us with milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x8)

### note

Verb forms: supplies, supplied (y to i). Plural noun: supplies. Stress: sup-PLY. Supply teacher (UK) = substitute teacher (US).

### In the corpora

- [Wounds inside the mouth heal faster than wounds on the skin, helped by saliva and a good blood supply.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/14/)
- [A substitute or supply teacher deserves the same good behaviour as your usual teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/14/)
- [Videos of people opening many loot boxes are sometimes paid for or supplied by the game company.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap/34/)
- [Supply, weather and winter often stopped real campaigns altogether.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «supply» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.