| Concept: | Provision. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
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-verbs
provide; make provision, make due provision for; lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store., supply, suppeditate; furnish; find, find one in; arm., cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage; beat up for; stock, stock with; make good, replenish; fill, fill up; recruit, feed., have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store; provide against a rainy day (economy).
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| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
| Synonyms: | banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual, wine and dine |
| Antonyms: | starve |
| Main Entry: | furnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decorate, supply |
| Synonyms: | accoutre, apparel, appoint, arm, array, clothe, endow, equip, feather a nest, fit, fit out, fix up, gear, line a nest, make habitable, outfit, provide, provision, purvey, rig, stock, store, turn out |
| Antonyms: | leave plain, unfurnish |
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend; provide for |
| Synonyms: | administer, attend, board, care for, carry on, command, conduct, continue, defend, direct, endure, feed, foster, guard, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nourish, nurture, operate, ordain, protect, provision, run, safeguard, shelter, shield, subsidize, support, sustain, victual, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | outfit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clothe, equip |
| Synonyms: | accoutre, appoint, arm, deck out, drape, fit out, furnish, gear, prepare, provide, provision, rig up, stock, suit, supply, tog, turn out |
| Antonyms: | bare, unclothe |
| Main Entry: | provide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | supply, support |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, add, administer, afford, arrange, bestow, bring, care, cater, contribute, dispense, equip, favor, feather, feed, fit, fit out, fix up, fix up with, furnish, give, grant, hand over, heel, impart, implement, indulge, keep, lend, line, look after, maintain, minister, outfit, prepare, present, procure, produce, proffer, provision, ration, ready, render, replenish, serve, stake, stock, stock up, store, sustain, take care of, transfer, turn out, yield |
| Antonyms: | deprive, remove, take |
| Main Entry: | replenish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fill, stock |
| Synonyms: | furnish, make up, provide, provision, refill, refresh, reload, renew, replace, restock, restore, top |
| Antonyms: | deplete, use up, waste |
| Main Entry: | rig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outfit, supply |
| Synonyms: | accouter, appoint, arm, array, attire, clothe, costume, dress, equip, fit out, furnish, gear, kit, provision, set up, turn out |
| Notes: | a ship's rig is the arrangement of masts, sails, etc.; the rigging is the system of ropes or chains supporting these |
| Main Entry: | serve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aid, help; supply |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assist, attend to, be of assistance, be of use, care for, deal, deliver, dish up, distribute, do for, give, handle, hit, minister to, nurse, oblige, play, present, provide, provision, set out, succor, wait on, work for |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |