VERB | possession | victual | supply with food |
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possession | victual | lay in provisions / provisions | |
consumption | victual | take in nourishment | |
NOUN | food | victual, comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victuals | any substance that can be used as food |
Meaning | Any substance that can be used as food. | |
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Synonyms | comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victuals | |
Narrower | tuck | eatables (especially sweets / sweets) |
Broader | food, nutrient | Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
Spanish | comestible, comestibles, vianda, vitualla, vituallas, víveres | |
Catalan | comestible, comestibles, queviures, vianda, vitualles | |
Verbs | victual | take in nourishment |
victual | lay in provisions / provisions | |
victual | supply with food |
Meaning | Supply with food. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "The population was victualed during the war" | |
Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
Spanish | abastecer, avituallar | |
Nouns | victual | any substance that can be used as food |
victualer, victualler | a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army | |
victualer, victualler | an innkeeper (especially British) |
Meaning | lay in provisions / provisions. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Example | "The vessel victualled before the long voyage" | |
Broader | store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away | Keep or lay aside for future use |
Spanish | aprovisionar, avituallar | |
Nouns | victual | any substance that can be used as food |
Meaning | take in nourishment. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | eat | Eat a meal |
Spanish | avituallarse, avituallar | |
Nouns | victual | any substance that can be used as food |
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