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PROVISIONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stock or supply of foods
Synonyms:
commissariat; provender; provisions; viands; victuals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("provisions" is a kind of...):
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "provisions"):
food cache (food in a secure or hidden storage place)
larder (a supply of food especially for a household)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb provision
Context examples:
You will be to visit me in prison with a basket of provisions; you will not refuse to visit me in prison?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
I again felt rather like an individual of but average gastronomical powers sitting down to feast alone at a table spread with provisions for a hundred.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I felt myself quite a proctor when I read this document aloud with all possible ceremony, and set forth its provisions, any number of times, to those whom they concerned.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Once a week Harrison used to bring me up provisions, passing them through the pantry window, which I left open for the purpose.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This bureau stood in the corner, and in the opposite corner, on the table's other flank, was the kitchen—the oil-stove on a dry-goods box, inside of which were dishes and cooking utensils, a shelf on the wall for provisions, and a bucket of water on the floor.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
They contained a noble piece of water; a sail on which was to a form a great part of the morning's amusement; cold provisions were to be taken, open carriages only to be employed, and every thing conducted in the usual style of a complete party of pleasure.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The man now thought he should like to continue his journey, but the giant begged him to remain for a day or two longer until the return of his brother, who was away in search of provisions.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
A dry-wood fire had been lit, and round this the leaders crouched, the glare beating upon their rugged faces, while the hardy archers lounged and chatted amid the tethered horses, while they munched their scanty provisions.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I lay all night in the cave where I had lodged my provisions.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
With all this in our minds, we waded ashore as fast as we could, leaving behind us the poor jolly-boat and a good half of all our powder and provisions.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
