| furnish | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. furnish, provide, render, supply | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ hydrate | supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance.; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently" |
| ~ charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.; "I need to charge my car battery" |
| ~ date | provide with a dateline; mark with a date.; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated" |
| ~ feed | feed into; supply.; "Her success feeds her vanity" |
| ~ calk | provide with calks.; "calk horse shoes" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ fund | provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest. |
| ~ stint, scant, skimp | supply sparingly and with restricted quantities.; "sting with the allowance" |
| ~ terrace, terrasse | provide (a house) with a terrace.; "We terrassed the country house" |
| ~ dado | provide with a dado.; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room" |
| ~ innervate | supply nerves to (some organ or body part). |
| ~ offer | make available or accessible, provide or furnish.; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" |
| ~ signalise, signalize | provide with traffic signals.; "signalize a busy intersection" |
| ~ extend, offer | make available; provide.; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" |
| ~ stock | provide or furnish with a stock of something.; "stock the larder with meat" |
| ~ buy in, stock up, stock | amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use.; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" |
| ~ caption | provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing. |
| ~ tube | provide with a tube or insert a tube into. |
| ~ ticket | provide with a ticket for passage or admission.; "Ticketed passengers can board now" |
| ~ stock | supply with livestock.; "stock a farm" |
| ~ stock | supply with fish.; "stock a lake" |
| ~ rim | furnish with a rim.; "rim a hat" |
| ~ fret | provide (a musical instrument) with frets.; "fret a guitar" |
| ~ step | furnish with steps.; "The architect wants to step the terrace" |
| ~ rail | provide with rails.; "The yard was railed" |
| ~ grate | furnish with a grate.; "a grated fireplace" |
| ~ capitalise, capitalize | supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders. |
| ~ alphabetize | provide with an alphabet.; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages" |
| ~ wharf | provide with a wharf.; "Wharf the mouth of the river" |
| ~ air-cool, air-condition | equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature.; "Our house is not air-conditioned" |
| ~ uniform | provide with uniforms.; "The guards were uniformed" |
| ~ railroad | supply with railroad lines.; "railroad the West" |
| ~ partner | provide with a partner. |
| ~ bewhisker, whisker | furnish with whiskers.; "a whiskered jersey" |
| ~ subtitle | supply (a movie) with subtitles. |
| ~ headline | provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline. |
| ~ match | provide funds complementary to.; "The company matched the employees' contributions" |
| ~ hobnail | supply with hobnails. |
| ~ wive | provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife. |
| ~ victual | supply with food.; "The population was victualed during the war" |
| ~ cloy, surfeit | supply or feed to surfeit. |
| ~ heat | provide with heat.; "heat the house" |
| ~ seat | provide with seats.; "seat a concert hall" |
| ~ seat | put a seat on a chair. |
| ~ ramp | furnish with a ramp.; "The ramped auditorium" |
| ~ arm | supply with arms.; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan" |
| ~ interleave | provide (books) with blank leaves. |
| ~ glass, glaze | furnish with glass.; "glass the windows" |
| ~ crenel, crenelate, crenellate | supply with battlements. |
| ~ causeway | provide with a causeway.; "A causewayed swamp" |
| ~ canal, canalise, canalize | provide (a city) with a canal. |
| ~ bush | provide with a bushing. |
| ~ brattice | supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines. |
| ~ furnish | provide or equip with furniture.; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" |
| ~ slat | equip or bar with slats.; "Slat the windows" |
| ~ berth | provide with a berth. |
| ~ bed | furnish with a bed.; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals" |
| ~ computerise, computerize | provide with computers.; "Our office is fully computerized now" |
| ~ costume | furnish with costumes; as for a film or play. |
| ~ bottom | provide with a bottom or a seat.; "bottom the chairs" |
| ~ rafter | provide (a ceiling) with rafters. |
| ~ tool | furnish with tools. |
| ~ key | provide with a key.; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building" |
| ~ fuel | provide with a combustible substance that provides energy.; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" |
| ~ provision, purvey | supply with provisions. |
| ~ yield, afford, give | be the cause or source of.; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| ~ equip, fit out, outfit, fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
| ~ transistorise, transistorize | equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors. |
| ~ upholster | provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers. |
| ~ cleat | provide with cleats.; "cleat running shoes for better traction" |
| ~ coal | supply with coal. |
| ~ corbel | furnish with a corbel. |
| ~ cornice | furnish with a cornice. |
| ~ constitutionalize | provide with a constitution, as of a country.; "The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century" |
| ~ copper-bottom | provide with a copper bottom.; "copper-bottom a frying pan" |
| ~ curtain | provide with drapery.; "curtain the bedrooms" |
| ~ gate | supply with a gate.; "The house was gated" |
| ~ index | provide with an index.; "index the book" |
| ~ articulate, joint | provide with a joint.; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" |
| ~ pour | supply in large amounts or quantities.; "We poured money into the education of our children" |
| ~ pump | supply in great quantities.; "Pump money into a project" |
| ~ fuel, fire | provide with fuel.; "Oil fires the furnace" |
| ~ oversupply, glut, flood | supply with an excess of.; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" |
| ~ toggle | provide with a toggle or toggles. |
| ~ patch | provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.; "The field was patched with snow" |
| ~ water | provide with water.; "We watered the buffalo" |
| ~ leverage | provide with leverage.; "We need to leverage this company" |
| ~ tap | furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it.; "tap a cask of wine" |
| ~ top out, top | provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure).; "the towers were topped with conical roofs" |
| ~ reflectorise, reflectorize | provide with reflectors, such as chemicals.; "the driveway was reflectorized for safety reasons" |
| ~ retrofit | provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture.; "They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors" |
| ~ edge, border | provide with a border or edge.; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" |
| ~ machicolate | supply with projecting galleries.; "machicolate the castle walls" |
| ~ sanitate | provide with sanitary facilities or appliances. |
| ~ hat | furnish with a hat. |
| ~ theme | provide with a particular theme or motive.; "the restaurant often themes its menus" |
| ~ kern | furnish with a kern. |
| ~ headquarter | provide with headquarters.; "the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey" |
| ~ shelter | provide shelter for.; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people" |
| v. (possession) | 2. furnish | provide or equip with furniture.; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ refurnish | furnish with new or different furniture.; "We refurnished the living room" |
| provide | | |
| v. (consumption) | 1. cater, ply, provide, supply | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" |
| ~ staff | provide with staff.; "This position is not always staffed" |
| ~ drench | force to drink. |
| ~ regale, treat | provide with choice or abundant food or drink.; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night" |
| ~ board | provide food and lodging (for).; "The old lady is boarding three men" |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
| ~ feed | serve as food for; be the food for.; "This dish feeds six" |
| ~ dish, dish up, serve up, dish out, serve | provide (usually but not necessarily food).; "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show" |
| ~ cater | supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets. |
| ~ pimp, pander, procure | arrange for sexual partners for others. |
| ~ help, serve | help to some food; help with food or drink.; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself" |
| ~ power | supply the force or power for the functioning of.; "The gasoline powers the engines" |
| ~ feed | provide as food.; "Feed the guests the nuts" |
| ~ pander, gratify, indulge | yield (to); give satisfaction to. |
| ~ underlay | provide with a base, support, lining, or backing.; "underlay the boards with joists" |
| ~ fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill | fill or meet a want or need. |
| ~ horse | provide with a horse or horses. |
| ~ shower | provide abundantly with.; "He showered her with presents" |
| ~ accommodate | provide with something desired or needed.; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?" |
| ~ nourish, nurture, sustain | provide with nourishment.; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children" |
| ~ fix up | find (something or someone) for.; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl" |
| ~ gutter | provide with gutters.; "gutter the buildings" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| v. (communication) | 2. provide | determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation.; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" |
| ~ specify, stipulate, condition, qualify | specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement.; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" |
| v. (social) | 3. offer, provide, put up | mount or put up.; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" |
| ~ wage, engage | carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns).; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" |
| v. (stative) | 4. allow, allow for, leave, provide | make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" |
| ~ yield, afford, give | be the cause or source of.; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| ~ admit, allow | afford possibility.; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" |
| v. (possession) | 5. bring home the bacon, provide | supply means of subsistence; earn a living.; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon" |
| ~ support | support materially or financially.; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college" |
| v. (change) | 6. provide | take measures in preparation for.; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship" |
| ~ gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" |
| supply | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. supply | an amount of something available for use. |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| ~ reservoir | a large or extra supply of something.; "a reservoir of talent" |
| n. (process) | 2. supply | offering goods and services for sale. |
| ~ economic process | any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth. |
| n. (act) | 3. provision, supply, supplying | the activity of supplying or providing something. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ irrigation | supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc. |
| ~ alimentation, feeding | the act of supplying food and nourishment. |
| ~ fueling, refueling | the activity of supplying or taking on fuel. |
| ~ care delivery, health care delivery, healthcare delivery | the provision of health care. |
| ~ issuance, issuing, issue | the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity).; "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago" |
| ~ logistics | handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed. |
| ~ purveyance | the act of supplying something. |
| ~ stocking | the activity of supplying a stock of something.; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout" |
| ~ subvention | the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort. |
| v. (social) | 4. issue, supply | circulate or distribute or equip with.; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" |
| ~ unfreeze, unblock, release, free | make (assets) available.; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" |
| ~ reissue | issue (a new version of).; "if you forget your password, it can be changed and reissued" |
| ~ distribute | make available.; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia" |
| ~ free, release | make (information) available for publication.; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" |
| v. (communication) | 5. add, append, supply | state or say further.; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" |
| ~ say, state, tell | express in words.; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" |
| ~ slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert | insert casually.; "She slipped in a reference to her own work" |
| ~ toss in | add casually to a conversation.; "`I don't agree with this,' she tossed in" |
| ingredient | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. ingredient | a component of a mixture or compound. |
| ~ admixture, intermixture | an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base.; "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"; "a large intermixture of sand" |
| ~ base | the principal ingredient of a mixture.; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base" |
| ~ constituent, element, component | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system.; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient | an abstract part of something.; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" |
| ~ be-all and end-all, be all and end all | the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim.; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business" |
| ~ plot element | a component or element of the plot of a story. |
| ~ point | a geometric element that has position but no extension.; "a point is defined by its coordinates" |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| n. (food) | 3. fixings, ingredient | food that is a component of a mixture in cooking.; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" |
| ~ dish | a particular item of prepared food.; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" |
| ~ food product, foodstuff | a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food. |
| ~ flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner | something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts. |
| ~ tomato paste | thick concentrated tomato puree. |
| ~ egg white, ovalbumin, albumen, white | the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water.; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" |
| ~ egg yolk, yolk | the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen. |
| ~ malted milk | powder made of dried milk and malted cereals. |
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