English > equip: 2 senses > verb 1, possessionMeaning | Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something |
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Example | "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
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Synonyms | fit, fit out, outfit |
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Narrower | accouter, accoutre | Provide with military equipment |
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appoint | Furnish |
armor, armour | equip with armor |
collar | Furnish with a collar / collar / collar |
commission | put into commission |
fin | equip (a car) with fins |
fuse | equip with a fuse / fuse |
horseshoe | equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes |
instrument | equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling |
invest, clothe, adorn | Furnish with power or authority |
kit out, kit up, kit | Supply with a set of articles or tools |
mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise | equip with armed and armored motor vehicles |
motorize | equip with a motor |
motorize | equip with a motor vehicle |
muzzle | fit with a muzzle |
re-equip, rejig | Re-equip a factory or plant |
refit | fit out again |
rig, set, set up | equip with sails or masts |
shaft | equip with a shaft |
spar | Furnish with spars |
spur | equip with spurs |
stave | Furnish with staves |
stock | equip with a stock |
turn out | outfit or equip, as with accessories |
wire | Provide with electrical circuits |
Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
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Spanish | equipar |
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Catalan | equipar |
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Nouns | equipage | equipment and supplies of a military force |
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equipment | an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
equipping | the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war |