equips
Provides necessary tools
Equips means supplies with what is needed for a purpose.
You equip a kitchen with appliances, a soldier with weapons, a student with knowledge.
The word implies preparation for action or readiness: The training equipped her to handle emergencies.
Equipment is the gear; to equip is to provide it.
Protective combat covering
- weaponsTools for fighting
- helmetProtective head covering
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- swordHilted fighting blade
boots · gauntlets · bow · quiver · greaves · cuirass · pauldrons · holster
Identical throughout
- attirePersonal garments collectively
- costumeClothing for portrayal
- garbWhat one wears
- apparelClothing collectively
clothing · wardrobe · ensemble · regalia · vestments · getup · gear · dress
Permanently attached equipment
- fittingsAttached functional components
- appliancesPowered household equipment
- amenitiesDesirable features of place
- appointmentsScheduled times for meetings
facilities · fitments · installations · provisions · accessories · accoutrements · outfitting · supplies
Developing abilities through practice
- readinessState of being prepared
- skillsLearned competencies
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
coaching · drilling · instructing · educating · briefing · empowering · enabling · qualifying
armor
Protective combat covering
sword · boots · gauntlets · bow · quiver · greaves · cuirass · pauldrons · holster · binoculars
uniform
Identical throughout
apparel · clothing · wardrobe · ensemble · regalia · vestments · getup · gear · dress · threads
fixtures
Permanently attached equipment
- fittingsAttached functional components
- appliancesPowered household equipment
- amenitiesDesirable features of place
appointments · facilities · fitments · installations · provisions · accessories · accoutrements · outfitting · supplies · furnishings
training
Developing abilities through practice
conditioning · coaching · drilling · instructing · educating · briefing · empowering · enabling · qualifying · arming
equipsstrips
Narrow cut pieces
deprives · divests · dispossesses · robs · disarms
equipsdisables
Renders inoperable
incapacitates · handicaps · hampers · hinders · undermines
- exercise equipmentDevices for physical training
- life-saving equipmentTools for rescuing people
- equipment maintenanceServicing and repairing tools
- office equipmentTools for workplace tasks
- surveillance equipmentDevices for covert monitoring
- riding equipmentGear for mounted travel
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