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victual
('v/I/t/-/l )

noun (n)

  • any substance that can be used as food(noun.food)
    source: wordnet30
  • Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • supply with food(verb.possession)
    Example:
    The population was victualed during the war.
    source: wordnet30
  • lay in provisions(verb.possession)
    Example:
    The vessel victualled before the long voyage.
    source: wordnet30
  • take in nourishment(verb.consumption)
    source: wordnet30
  • To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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