supply

1. supply (verb) — sense 1

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

Example: to supply money for the war

2. supply (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To furnish or equip with.

Example: to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition

3. supply (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To fill up, or keep full.

Example: Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.

4. supply (noun) — sense 4

Definition: The act of supplying.

5. supply (noun) — sense 5

Definition: An amount of something supplied.

Example: A supply of good drinking water is essential.

6. supply (noun) — sense 6

Definition: The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.

Example: Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.