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VICTUAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: victualled    , victualling   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that can be used as food

Synonyms:

comestible; eatable; edible; pabulum; victual; victuals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("victual" 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 "victual"):

tuck (eatables (especially sweets))

Derivation:

victual (take in nourishment)

victual (lay in provisions)

victual (supply with food)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take in nourishment

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "victual" is one way to...):

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

victual (any substance that can be used as food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lay in provisions

Example:

The vessel victualled before the long voyage

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "victual" is one way to...):

hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store (keep or lay aside for future use)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

victual (any substance that can be used as food)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Supply with food

Example:

The population was victualed during the war

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "victual" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

victual (any substance that can be used as food)

victualer (a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army)

victualer (an innkeeper (especially British))

victualler (a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army)

victualler (an innkeeper (especially British))

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