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SUPPLYING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of supplying or providing something
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("supplying" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supplying"):
irrigation (supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc)
alimentation; feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)
fueling; refueling (the activity of supplying or taking on fuel)
care delivery; health care delivery; healthcare delivery (the provision of health care)
issuance; issue; issuing (the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity))
logistics (handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed)
purveyance (the act of supplying something)
stocking (the activity of supplying a stock of something)
subvention (the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort)
Derivation:
supply (give something useful or necessary to)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb supply
Context examples:
Scientists believe Enceladus' hydrothermal vents may operate in the same way, supplying energy that leads to the production of amino acids.
(New Organic Compounds Found in Enceladus Ice Grains, NASA)
Astrocytes play a critical role in supporting nerve cells by carrying out a wide range of functions, such as supplying nerve cells with oxygen and nutrients and providing structural support.
(Study in mice identifies type of brain cell involved in stuttering, National Institutes of Health)
The passage of a catheter into the aortic root or other great vessel for the purpose of angiography of the native coronary arteries or bypass grafts supplying native coronary arteries.
(Coronary Angiography, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
The second branch arising from the pericallosal artery within the cingulate sulcus that has branches supplying the medial and superolateral surfaces of each cerebral hemisphere.
(Callosomarginal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
‘Anybody supplying any information to the whereabouts of a Greek gentleman named Paul Kratides, from Athens, who is unable to speak English, will be rewarded.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A blood vessel arising from the profunda artery supplying the muscles on the front of the thigh and divides into ascending, descending and transverse branches.
(External Circumflex Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
All may not be bad, only silly, you know, and if there is a demand for it, I don't see any harm in supplying it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement or result.
(Definitive, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the bifurcation of the left coronary artery that runs along the coronary grove with branches supplying the atria and ventricles.
(Circumflex Branch of the Left Coronary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the common femoral artery just below the inguinal ligament running close to the femur and ending in the lower third of the thigh with branches supplying the thigh muscles.
(Deep Femoral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
