supplying
- 1Present participle and gerund of supply.
The factory began supplying parts to several major manufacturers last spring.
Supplying the troops with fresh provisions proved difficult during the long siege.
Note
The -ing form does double duty. It carries progressive tenses (the factory was supplying parts), and as a gerund it heads noun phrases (supplying the troops proved difficult). Two patterns follow it: supplying something to someone, or supplying someone with something. Note the spelling: the y of supply stays before -ing. A less obvious use is supplying a deficiency, which means making up what is missing rather than handing something over.
supplying is a form of supply
supply, verb: To provide something that is needed or wanted, or to provide someone or something with it. Full entry
- Spelling
- supply → supplying: add -ing
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