supplies

We have found lemma(root) word of supplies : supply.

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[səˈplʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make (something needed or wanted) available to someone; provide
(e.g: the farm supplies apples to cider makers)

- take over (a vacant place or role)
(e.g: when she died, no one could supply her place)


Phrases:
- in short supply
- on supply
- supply and demand

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French soupleer, from Latin supplere ‘fill up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + plere ‘fill’. The early sense of the noun was ‘assistance, relief’ (chiefly a Scots use)


[səˈplʌɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a stock or amount of something supplied or available for use
(e.g: a farm with good water supply)

- a person, especially a schoolteacher, acting as a temporary substitute for another
(e.g: a supply teacher)


Phrases:
- in short supply
- on supply
- supply and demand

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French soupleer, from Latin supplere ‘fill up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + plere ‘fill’. The early sense of the noun was ‘assistance, relief’ (chiefly a Scots use)


[ˈsʌpli], (Adverb)

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