ovine vs supply

ovine

noun
  • A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep. 

  • An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep. 

adj
  • Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly. 

  • Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis. 

supply

noun
  • Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute. 

  • An amount of something supplied. 

  • An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures. 

  • Provisions. 

  • The act of supplying. 

verb
  • To furnish or equip with. 

  • To fill up, or keep full. 

  • To act as a substitute. 

  • To serve instead of; to take the place of. 

  • To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of. 

  • To provide (something), to make (something) available for use. 

  • To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of. 

adv
  • Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness. 

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