supplying
Delivering needed resources
Supplying is providing something needed or requested.
The word emphasizes ongoing or continuous provision: The pipeline keeps supplying natural gas to the region.
It often appears in contexts of commerce, logistics, or support: factories supplying parts to automakers, supplying troops with ammunition.
Allocation across recipients
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- transportationMoving people or goods
- procurementObtaining goods externally
fulfillment · cargo · freight · shipment · trucking · sourcing · stockpiling · replenishment
Giving or furnishing
- furnishingItems equipping a space
- deliveringTransporting to a recipient
- distributingApportioning among recipients
- dispensingGiving out portions
offering · allocating · contributing · granting · equipping · outfitting · stocking · provisioning
Tools for fighting
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- armoryMilitary weapons storehouse
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- uniformsStandardized institutional clothing
rations · munitions · ordnance · materiel · logistics · quartermaster · arsenal · provisions
Giving food to
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- pipingTubes for fluid transport
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
- deliveringTransporting to a recipient
streaming · circulating · conveying · transmitting · routing · funneling · transferring · conducting
Consumable nourishment source
- waterClear essential liquid
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- rationsControlled food portions
sustenance · nutrients · essentials · necessities · staples · groceries · aid · relief
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- transportationMoving people or goods
procurement · fulfillment · cargo · freight · shipment · trucking · sourcing · stockpiling · replenishment · delivery
providing
Giving or furnishing
- furnishingItems equipping a space
- deliveringTransporting to a recipient
- distributingApportioning among recipients
dispensing · offering · allocating · contributing · granting · equipping · outfitting · stocking · provisioning · catering
weapons
Tools for fighting
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- armoryMilitary weapons storehouse
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
uniforms · rations · munitions · ordnance · materiel · logistics · quartermaster · arsenal · provisions · reinforcements
feeding
Giving food to
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- pipingTubes for fluid transport
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
delivering · streaming · circulating · conveying · transmitting · routing · funneling · transferring · conducting · mainlining
food
Consumable nourishment source
- waterClear essential liquid
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
rations · sustenance · nutrients · essentials · necessities · staples · groceries · aid · relief · humanitarian
- helping actionshelping, aiding, assisting, supporting, enabling
- outfittingequipping, fitting out, kitting out, outfitting, gearing up
- fitting outequipping, outfitting, furnishing, provisioning, kitting out
- kind actshelping, aiding, assisting, donating, sharing
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
- self-carebathing, self-care, renewal, brushing teeth, bath bombs
supplyingwithholding
Keeping from another
refusing · denying · depriving · withdrawing · hoarding
supply, supplies, supple, supplied, supplier, oversupply, suppleness, suppliers, undersupply