Meaning

• The act of supplying.

  "supply and demand"

• An amount of something supplied.

  "A supply of good drinking water is essential."

• (in the plural) provisions.

• (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.

  "to vote supplies"

• Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

Meaning

• To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

  "to supply money for the war"

• To furnish or equip with.

  "to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition"

• To fill up, or keep full.

  "Rivers are supplied by smaller streams."

• To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

• To serve instead of; to take the place of.

• To act as a substitute.

• To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

  "to supply a pulpit"