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# supply

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

«supply» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) To supply is to give or provide something that people need. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x1)
- Farmers supply milk to the shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x2)
- The cupboard has a supply of tissues. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x3)
- Keep a supply of water in case of a storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x4)
- The water supply was cut off for a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x5)
- Blood supplies oxygen to your muscles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/#x6)
- The explorers ran out of supplies. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Kabbalah speaks of "shefa," a flow of blessing from God through the Sephiroth into the world. In the primary 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

- It illuminates the splendor of all lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supply/#x1)
- It illuminates the splendour . of all the lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the . (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supply/#x2)
- The Thirty-two Paths are the Ten Sephiruth and the Twenty-two letters, each supplying a type of divine power and attributes. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supply/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «supply» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supply/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«supply» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/supply.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «supply» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supply/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«supply» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/supply.html) on Mova free.