Synonyms for Nourish:

• n.

  •
  • take in,
  • ply with,
  • serve.
  •
  • ally,
  • agree with,
  • speak up for,
  • align,
  • back,
  • endorse,
  • ingestion.
  •
  • bear.
  •aliment (noun)
  • aliment.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • aid,
  • deed,
  • action.

• v.

  •bring up (verb)
  • provides for,
  • providing for.
  •cherish (verb)
  • cleft to,
  • pre-serves,
  • clave to,
  • holding high esteem,
  • pre serving,
  • pre served,
  • held high esteem,
  • hold high esteem,
  • clung to,
  • holds high esteem,
  • pre serves,
  • pre-serving,
  • pre-serve,
  • holding in high esteem,
  • cleaves to,
  • pre serve,
  • cleaved to,
  • clinging to,
  • apprizes,
  • pre-served,
  • holds in high esteem,
  • holds dear,
  • clove to,
  • holding dear,
  • cleaving to.
  •comfort (verb)
  • in spirited,
  • re animates,
  • re-vitalizing,
  • quieted fears,
  • in spirit,
  • putting at ease,
  • de-lighting,
  • up raise,
  • commiserates with,
  • up raised,
  • de lighting,
  • in-spirited,
  • in-spirit,
  • re vitalized,
  • lightening burden,
  • up-holds,
  • in-spiriting,
  • up hold,
  • re-animating,
  • re vitalizes,
  • re freshes,
  • lightened burden,
  • re-animate,
  • de-light,
  • re vitalizing,
  • puts ease,
  • de lights,
  • lightens burden,
  • up holds,
  • quieting fears,
  • de-lights,
  • re-freshes,
  • re-vitalize,
  • re freshed,
  • de light,
  • up-hold,
  • granting respite,
  • re animating,
  • in spiriting,
  • re animate,
  • re-freshed,
  • re animated,
  • de-lighted,
  • commiserated with,
  • re-fresh,
  • puts at ease,
  • up-raise,
  • re-assured,
  • commiserating with,
  • re-assure,
  • up-held,
  • grants respite,
  • quiets fears,
  • re vitalize,
  • up-holding,
  • de lighted,
  • re assures,
  • re-animates,
  • granted respite,
  • re assured,
  • re-assures,
  • up raising,
  • re-assuring,
  • re-vitalizes,
  • re fresh,
  • re-animated,
  • up-raised,
  • re-vitalized,
  • re assure,
  • up holding,
  • in-spirits,
  • put ease,
  • up raises,
  • up-raises,
  • up-raising,
  • up held,
  • putting ease.
  •consumption (verb)
  • nourish.
  •cradle (verb)
  • watches over.
  •cultivate (verb)
  • getting on good side of,
  • sucks up to,
  • get good side of,
  • gets good side of,
  • got next to,
  • played up to,
  • sought friendship,
  • re-fines,
  • gotten in with,
  • gotten next to,
  • shines up to,
  • playing to,
  • got on good side of,
  • sucked to,
  • gat with,
  • gat in with,
  • gat on good side of,
  • taking pains with,
  • sucked up to,
  • play to,
  • shone to,
  • gotten with,
  • got good side of,
  • get with,
  • gets in with,
  • shining to,
  • gotten on good side of,
  • runs after,
  • plays to,
  • shining up to,
  • re fines,
  • playing up to,
  • shined to,
  • ran after,
  • got in with,
  • re fined,
  • takes pains with,
  • shined up to,
  • gat good side of,
  • shone up to,
  • re-fining,
  • getting good side of,
  • gets with,
  • seeking friendship,
  • getting in with,
  • sucking up to,
  • getting next to,
  • gets next to,
  • gat next to,
  • gotten good side of,
  • sucking to,
  • plays up to,
  • took pains with,
  • getting with,
  • played to,
  • sucks to,
  • seeks friendship,
  • gets on good side of,
  • shines to,
  • suck to,
  • re fine,
  • got with,
  • re-fine.
  •defend (verb)
  • de-fends,
  • hold bay,
  • re-tains,
  • provided sanctuary,
  • beating off,
  • providing sanctuary,
  • with stand,
  • fought for,
  • pre vent,
  • de fends,
  • with-standing,
  • de-fended,
  • pre-vent,
  • guards against,
  • provides sanctuary,
  • fended off,
  • holds at bay,
  • with stands,
  • re-tain,
  • with standing,
  • keeping safe,
  • fighting for,
  • pre-vented,
  • pre-vents,
  • panoplying,
  • with stood,
  • pre venting,
  • de fending,
  • fights for,
  • in-sure,
  • guarding against,
  • pre vents,
  • de-fend,
  • repelling danger,
  • with-stand,
  • holds bay,
  • in sure,
  • de-fending,
  • re tains,
  • holding bay,
  • pre-venting,
  • held at bay,
  • with-stands,
  • holding at bay,
  • keeps safe,
  • de fended,
  • de fend,
  • kept safe,
  • held bay,
  • guarded against,
  • re tain,
  • repels danger,
  • beats off,
  • repelled danger.
  •entertain (verb)
  • had do,
  • giving a party,
  • doth the honors,
  • wine dine,
  • doth honors,
  • re-gales,
  • have get-together,
  • do honors,
  • haddest a get-together,
  • showing hospitality,
  • doeth honors,
  • has guests,
  • having company,
  • is host,
  • re create,
  • hadst a get together,
  • re-gale,
  • hath get together,
  • doest the honors,
  • has visitors,
  • popped for,
  • threw a party,
  • had visitors,
  • has get-together,
  • hath get-together,
  • haddest get-together,
  • picks up the check,
  • has a gettogether,
  • has get together,
  • haddest do,
  • doest honors,
  • hast a do,
  • had get together,
  • popping for,
  • hast a get together,
  • had a do,
  • haddest a get together,
  • having a do,
  • gives a party,
  • doing the honors,
  • giving party,
  • hadst a gettogether,
  • had company,
  • throwing party,
  • am host,
  • pick up check,
  • picks up check,
  • picking up check,
  • throwing a party,
  • hadst get-together,
  • haddest a gettogether,
  • hath guests,
  • picked up the check,
  • did honors,
  • hath a get together,
  • are host,
  • does the honors,
  • haddest guests,
  • wert host,
  • picks the check,
  • hast gettogether,
  • in vite,
  • have get together,
  • has gettogether,
  • has a do,
  • picking up the check,
  • have a gettogether,
  • hath a get-together,
  • hadst a do,
  • picking check,
  • being host,
  • haddest company,
  • haddest get together,
  • hadst do,
  • were host,
  • hadst get together,
  • sprung for,
  • hast do,
  • doing honors,
  • hast visitors,
  • haddest gettogether,
  • didst honors,
  • have a get together,
  • does honors,
  • springing for,
  • hast get-together,
  • had guests,
  • have gettogether,
  • picked up check,
  • has do,
  • hadst guests,
  • sprang for,
  • had a get-together,
  • had gettogether,
  • having gettogether,
  • showed hospitality,
  • hath gettogether,
  • picked the check,
  • hast company,
  • hath a do,
  • threw party,
  • having a get-together,
  • hast guests,
  • have do,
  • hadst visitors,
  • hadst gettogether,
  • had get-together,
  • picking the check,
  • has company,
  • dost honors,
  • didst the honors,
  • pick the check,
  • hath a gettogether,
  • hath visitors,
  • hath do,
  • having guests,
  • had a gettogether,
  • gave a party,
  • hast a get-together,
  • having do,
  • springs for,
  • throw party,
  • hadst company,
  • having get together,
  • has a get-together,
  • picked check,
  • had a get together,
  • was host,
  • having visitors,
  • hast get together,
  • hast a gettogether,
  • hadst a get-together,
  • hath company,
  • shows hospitality,
  • re gale,
  • pops for,
  • has a get together,
  • picks check,
  • throws party,
  • having a gettogether,
  • give party,
  • gives party,
  • wast host,
  • re gales,
  • pick check,
  • doeth the honors,
  • having a get together,
  • haddest a do,
  • art host,
  • having get-together,
  • haddest visitors,
  • dost the honors,
  • gave party,
  • did the honors.
  •fecundate (verb)
  • makes pregnant.
  •feed (verb)
  • wine and dine,
  • cater to,
  • fatten.
  •feed, care for (verb)
  • encourage,
  • support,
  • tend,
  • attend,
  • maintain,
  • provide,
  • supply.
  •foster (verb)
  • ministering to,
  • ministers to,
  • ministered to,
  • taking care of.
  •fuel (verb)
  • filling er up,
  • gassing up,
  • in-flame,
  • in-cited,
  • in flamed,
  • gassed up,
  • gases up,
  • in flaming,
  • gasses up,
  • filling 'er up,
  • stokes up,
  • in-cite,
  • fills er up,
  • in-flames,
  • in flame,
  • stoking up,
  • in cites,
  • fills 'er up,
  • in-flamed,
  • stoked up,
  • filled er up,
  • in cite,
  • fill er up,
  • filled 'er up.
  •help (verb)
  • re stored,
  • re-stores,
  • re-storing,
  • re store,
  • re stores,
  • re storing,
  • re-stored.
  •hold (verb)
  • re strained,
  • stayed put,
  • de tain,
  • with-held,
  • keeping close,
  • re straining,
  • re-straining,
  • re strains,
  • not let going,
  • puts lock on,
  • kept close,
  • stays put,
  • re-strained,
  • re-strains,
  • de-tains,
  • Viseed,
  • puts a lock on,
  • freezing to,
  • re strain,
  • froze to,
  • not let went,
  • with holding,
  • de tains,
  • vising,
  • putting lock on,
  • putting a lock on,
  • not let goes,
  • re-strain,
  • vised,
  • staid put,
  • Viseing,
  • with-hold,
  • freezes to,
  • with-holds,
  • with holds,
  • corks up,
  • with held,
  • de-tain,
  • with hold.
  •indulge (verb)
  • all-owed,
  • giving rein to,
  • goes easy on,
  • spoilt rotten,
  • gave rein to,
  • spoils rotten,
  • went easy on,
  • all-owing,
  • gives rein to,
  • all owed,
  • all owing,
  • spoiling rotten.
  •nurse (verb)
  • baby sit,
  • wet nursed,
  • drynursed,
  • keeps alive,
  • watches out for,
  • keeps tabs on,
  • bottlefeeds,
  • wetnursed,
  • keeps eye on,
  • wetnurses,
  • drynursing,
  • keeping an eye on,
  • kept alive,
  • bottle-feeding,
  • dry nursed,
  • dry nursing,
  • gave suck,
  • giving suck,
  • kept eye on,
  • keeping eye on,
  • taking charge of,
  • keep eye on,
  • wetnursing,
  • bottle-feeds,
  • dry-nursed,
  • watching out for,
  • kept tabs on,
  • bottle feeds,
  • Bottlefeeding,
  • dry nurses,
  • bottle feeding,
  • breast feed,
  • keeping tabs on,
  • sees to,
  • wet nursing,
  • takes charge of,
  • breast-feeding,
  • breast feeds,
  • saw to,
  • dry-nursing,
  • keeping alive,
  • bottlefed,
  • wet nurses,
  • bottle feed,
  • watched out for,
  • keeps an eye on,
  • gives suck,
  • seeing to,
  • dry-nurses,
  • drynurses,
  • bottle fed,
  • wet-nursed,
  • breast fed.
  •nurture (verb)
  • nursled,
  • nursles.
  •promote (verb)
  • calls attention to,
  • pro moting,
  • be friend,
  • pushed for,
  • be friended,
  • co operates,
  • pro mote,
  • gotten behind,
  • re-commends,
  • working for,
  • spake for,
  • pushing for,
  • pro-motes,
  • hyping,
  • pushes for,
  • pro-mote,
  • re commending,
  • worked for,
  • co operate,
  • re commend,
  • re commended,
  • called attention to,
  • be-friended,
  • co operating,
  • re commends,
  • wrought for,
  • getting behind,
  • be-friends,
  • re-commending,
  • co operated,
  • be-friending,
  • pro-moting,
  • got behind,
  • re-commend,
  • speaks for,
  • re-commended,
  • spoke for,
  • gat behind,
  • be friending,
  • pro motes,
  • works for,
  • be-friend.
  •raise (verb)
  • drags up,
  • dragging up,
  • pro duce,
  • dragged up,
  • pro duces,
  • pro-duces,
  • fetches up,
  • fetching up,
  • fetched up.
  •strengthen (verb)
  • bracing up,
  • gathers resources,
  • pre pare,
  • gathered resources,
  • pre pares,
  • enheartened,
  • braces up,
  • enheartens,
  • pre paring,
  • pre pared,
  • re-adies,
  • pre-pare,
  • enheartening,
  • gives weight,
  • giving weight,
  • gave weight,
  • re adies,
  • pre-paring,
  • braced up,
  • gathering resources,
  • pre-pared.
  •suckle (verb)
  • breastfeeded.
  •support (verb)
  • be source strength,
  • wast a source strength,
  • wast source of strength,
  • earning one's keep,
  • under writes,
  • wast source strength,
  • paid expenses of,
  • were source strength,
  • is a source strength,
  • was a source strength,
  • under-written,
  • wert source of strength,
  • earns one's keep,
  • putting money for,
  • gave leg up,
  • earns ones keep,
  • earning ones keep,
  • art source strength,
  • put money for,
  • earn keep,
  • wast a source of strength,
  • earns keep,
  • earned one keep,
  • gives leg up,
  • give leg up,
  • were a source strength,
  • made a living,
  • angeled,
  • gives a leg up,
  • is source strength,
  • were a source of strength,
  • attending to,
  • under-wrote,
  • being source strength,
  • earning keep,
  • makes living,
  • giving a leg up,
  • is a source of strength,
  • under-writes,
  • be source of strength,
  • was source strength,
  • earned ones keep,
  • am source of strength,
  • payed expenses of,
  • under written,
  • are source of strength,
  • am a source of strength,
  • paying for,
  • made living,
  • am a source strength,
  • putting up money for,
  • attends to,
  • be a source strength,
  • are a source of strength,
  • is source of strength,
  • earning one keep,
  • was a source of strength,
  • are a source strength,
  • giving leg up,
  • wert source strength,
  • are source strength,
  • under wrote,
  • being a source strength,
  • being a source of strength,
  • was source of strength,
  • earn one keep,
  • art source of strength,
  • wert a source strength,
  • under writing,
  • under-writing,
  • pays expenses of,
  • were source of strength,
  • am source strength,
  • earned one's keep,
  • gave a leg up,
  • pays for,
  • earn ones keep,
  • wert a source of strength,
  • being source of strength,
  • making living,
  • payed for,
  • puts up money for,
  • make living,
  • earns one keep,
  • puts money for,
  • under write,
  • makes a living,
  • under-write,
  • art a source of strength,
  • art a source strength,
  • angeling,
  • paying expenses of,
  • earned keep.
  •sustain (verb)
  • lending a hand,
  • keeping from falling,
  • keeps from falling,
  • pro-longed,
  • sticking for,
  • sticks for,
  • pro longing,
  • pro-tracts,
  • pro tracts,
  • stuck for,
  • pro-longing,
  • pro long,
  • lends hand,
  • stands by,
  • keeps going,
  • stuck up for,
  • keeping going,
  • lending hand,
  • lent hand,
  • sticking up for,
  • lend hand,
  • lends a hand,
  • pro longs,
  • pro-long,
  • kept from falling,
  • pro-longs,
  • lent a hand,
  • shores up,
  • sticks up for,
  • pro-tract,
  • pro tract,
  • sticked for,
  • sticked up for,
  • trans ported.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cater,
  • regale,
  • rehouse,
  • force feed,
  • house,
  • sleep,
  • lay on,
  • furnish,
  • lodge,
  • accommodate,
  • build up,
  • seat.
  •
  • put up,
  • spoon-feed,
  • defend.
  •bring up
  • school,
  • teach,
  • provide for,
  • provided for.
  •defend
  • ward off,
  • Housed,
  • hold at bay,
  • panoplied,
  • looking after,
  • Warred,
  • keep safe,
  • fight for,
  • looked after,
  • fending off,
  • Bulwarking,
  • looks after,
  • retain,
  • Garrisoned,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • look after,
  • fortify,
  • Garrisoning,
  • guard against,
  • Wars,
  • beat off,
  • Bulwarked,
  • repel danger.
  •feed
  • victual,
  • Victualing,
  • Victualed,
  • handed,
  • banqueting,
  • Handing,
  • Banqueted,
  • Provisioned,
  • Provisioning,
  • Victualling.
  •fuel
  • gassing,
  • in flames,
  • fill 'er up,
  • fills up,
  • servicing,
  • filling up,
  • stoke up,
  • serviced,
  • Gassed,
  • fill up,
  • gas up,
  • filled up.
  •improve
  • help.
  •Other relevant words:
  • keep out,
  • Drynurse,
  • pamper,
  • watch over,
  • Furthering,
  • hold in high esteem,
  • Mothering,
  • co-operated,
  • take charge of,
  • co-operating,
  • watched over,
  • breast-feed,
  • palm,
  • entertain,
  • Palmed,
  • have a do,
  • nursle,
  • go easy on,
  • held dear,
  • bottlefeed,
  • Nurtured,
  • kept going,
  • cherish,
  • comfort,
  • stood by,
  • nestle,
  • Wet nurse,
  • Inoculated,
  • speak for,
  • revitalize,
  • nursling,
  • Palming,
  • breast-feeds,
  • shoring up,
  • dote on,
  • keep an eye on,
  • apprize,
  • keep tabs on,
  • Breastfeeding,
  • in spirits,
  • promote,
  • fecundate,
  • cradle,
  • bottle-feed,
  • hold,
  • fuel,
  • care for,
  • pop for,
  • doted on,
  • feed,
  • freeze to,
  • keep going,
  • wet-nurse,
  • took charge of,
  • made well,
  • lactated,
  • quiet fears,
  • put lock on,
  • minister to,
  • babysit,
  • cares for,
  • Dry nurse,
  • take pains with,
  • staying put,
  • locking up,
  • keeps out,
  • corking up,
  • co-operates,
  • pick up the check,
  • get next to,
  • commiserate with,
  • be host,
  • Educating,
  • corked up,
  • lactating,
  • see to,
  • watch out for,
  • watching over,
  • shine up to,
  • inseminate,
  • get in with,
  • making well,
  • have guests,
  • Reverencing,
  • takes care of,
  • cared for,
  • held in high esteem,
  • palms,
  • stand by,
  • put at ease,
  • co-operate,
  • shine to,
  • Petted,
  • get behind,
  • Succored,
  • call attention to,
  • show hospitality,
  • Remedied,
  • grant respite,
  • not let go,
  • work for,
  • Lactate,
  • sympathize,
  • Gladdening,
  • throws a party,
  • raise,
  • breastfeed,
  • put a lock on,
  • spoil rotten,
  • Succoring,
  • get on good side of,
  • seek friendship,
  • do the honors,
  • soothe,
  • breastfeeds,
  • humoring,
  • give a party,
  • keeps close,
  • have a get-together,
  • breastfed,
  • disciplined,
  • wet-nurses,
  • nurse,
  • vaccinate,
  • Promoted,
  • running after,
  • fetch up,
  • breast-fed,
  • kept out,
  • keep from falling,
  • cleave to,
  • Popularized,
  • apprized,
  • play up to,
  • enriches,
  • breed,
  • Quartered,
  • strengthen,
  • cling to,
  • hold dear,
  • keep close,
  • clings to,
  • foster,
  • shore up,
  • locked up,
  • breast feeding,
  • nurture,
  • suckle,
  • shored up,
  • Lactates,
  • give rein to,
  • promotes,
  • making pregnant,
  • lighten burden,
  • Roomed,
  • healed,
  • lock up,
  • suck up to,
  • fondling,
  • spoiled rotten,
  • drag up,
  • cultivate,
  • run after,
  • dry-nurse,
  • Valuing,
  • wetnurse,
  • facilitate,
  • make well,
  • indulge,
  • apprizing,
  • give suck,
  • facilitates,
  • gladdened,
  • push for,
  • guard,
  • calling attention to,
  • Rooming,
  • standing by,
  • stick up for,
  • kept an eye on,
  • keeping out,
  • throw a party,
  • wet-nursing,
  • Mothered,
  • take care of,
  • made pregnant,
  • Helped,
  • stick for,
  • have visitors,
  • Regaled,
  • makes well,
  • bring up,
  • sustain,
  • have company,
  • gets behind,
  • going easy on,
  • spring for,
  • Revering,
  • took care of,
  • cork up,
  • be friends,
  • hugging,
  • keep,
  • make pregnant,
  • Regaling,
  • speaking for,
  • keep alive,
  • Disciplining,
  • bottle-fed,
  • stay put.
  •strengthen
  • give weight,
  • Enhearten,
  • gather resources,
  • brace up,
  • flowered.
  •support
  • earn one's keep,
  • attend to,
  • pay expenses of,
  • paid for,
  • make a living,
  • put up money for,
  • pay for,
  • supporting,
  • funded,
  • making a living,
  • attended to,
  • give a leg up,
  • be a source of strength.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • energize,
  • manure,
  • ask for,
  • boyish,
  • fill,
  • stuff,
  • acquire,
  • waken,
  • substantiate,
  • confirm,
  • incubate,
  • activate,
  • critter,
  • Nourishingly,
  • mother,
  • brace,
  • element,
  • enrich,
  • rouse,
  • whip up,
  • nourishing,
  • nutrient,
  • alimentary,
  • admonish,
  • hearten,
  • alimentation,
  • gas,
  • nutritive,
  • safeguard,
  • harbour,
  • admiral,
  • blood,
  • further,
  • nutrify,
  • rest assured,
  • creature,
  • protect,
  • general,
  • rear,
  • meal,
  • about to,
  • keep in countenance,
  • fertilise,
  • coddle,
  • advance,
  • compost,
  • cheer,
  • going to,
  • feel confident,
  • naturally,
  • incite,
  • give birth to,
  • heartily,
  • fosterage,
  • countenance,
  • air,
  • treasure,
  • richly,
  • prop,
  • toughen,
  • arouse,
  • buoy up,
  • nutrition,
  • fed,
  • provision,
  • galvanize,
  • steel,
  • force,
  • nutritious,
  • affirm,
  • fatten up,
  • oxygens,
  • tool,
  • feeding,
  • have,
  • dress,
  • back up,
  • invite,
  • force-feed,
  • young,
  • healthy,
  • food,
  • innervate,
  • infantile,
  • nourishment,
  • preserve,
  • plentifully,
  • mulch,
  • animal,
  • wholesome,
  • water,
  • get,
  • shelter,
  • educate,
  • adhere to,
  • jolt,
  • silly,
  • stimulate,
  • board,
  • healthful,
  • suffer,
  • purvey,
  • give rise to,
  • live in hope,
  • healthily,
  • spur,
  • exacerbate,
  • oxygen,
  • rejuvenate,
  • bear up,
  • childish,
  • abide,
  • aid and abet,
  • Nutritiously,
  • endure,
  • carry on,
  • corroborate,
  • uphold,
  • extract,
  • invigorate,
  • succour,
  • bolster up,
  • patronize,
  • encouragement,
  • provender,
  • substantially,
  • immature,
  • brute,
  • quicken,
  • vitalize,
  • prolong,
  • fire,
  • intoxicate,
  • cheeks,
  • fertilize,
  • puerile,
  • stiffen,
  • juvenile,
  • grow,
  • provoke,
  • simple,
  • stir up,
  • wake up,
  • fan the flame,
  • inspirit,
  • mind,
  • abet,
  • forward,
  • beast,
  • goad,
  • excite,
  • take-in,
  • awaken,
  • childlike,
  • wholesomely,
  • foment,
  • assist,
  • fondle,
  • entity,
  • inflame,
  • keep up,
  • harbor,
  • frivolous,
  • babyish,
  • cosset,
  • naive,
  • beneficially,
  • hold up,
  • instruct,
  • juice,
  • inspire,
  • zealously.

Paraphrases for Nourish:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    cherish, cultivate, foster, fuel, inform, nurse, populate, replenish, spur, stimulate, stoke, support, supporting, underpin.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    feed, nurture, sustain.

Antonyms for Nourish:

• v.

  • feed, care for
    deprive, condemn, neglect, abandon, starve, take, hurt, ignore, discourage.
  • Other antonyms:
    combat, abuse, fight, maltreat, impede, bar, stifle, contend, ban, shackle, counter, obstruct, mishandle, interfere, inhibit, harm, injure, encumber, interdict, ill-use, battle, ill-treat, snuff, hobble, check, mistreat, manacle, fetter, frustrate, hinder, arrest, prevent, halt.

Hypernym for Nourish:

• v.

  • consumption
    carry.

Hyponym for Nourish:

• v.

  • consumption
    ply, provide, cater, supply.