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 →

2) (noun) A supply is an amount of something kept for use when needed. tree →

3) Supplies are things like food, tools or school equipment that people need. tree →

4) The system that brings things like water, gas or electricity to homes. tree →

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 →
• Farmers supply milk to the shop. tree →
• The cupboard has a supply of tissues. tree →
• Keep a supply of water in case of a storm. tree →
• The water supply was cut off for a day. tree →
• Blood supplies oxygen to your muscles. tree →
• The explorers ran out of supplies. tree →
• The brindled cow, which has led us hither, will supply us with milk. tree →

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.
• A substitute or supply teacher deserves the same good behaviour as your usual teacher.
• Videos of people opening many loot boxes are sometimes paid for or supplied by the game company.
• Supply, weather and winter often stopped real campaigns altogether.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «supply» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.