provide

v

1. furnish, supply, contribute, accommodate, equip, outfit, Archaic. dight, Obs. appoint; cater, purvey, provision, provender, victual; store, stock, stock up, fill, gird, Chiefly Scot. plenish.

2. afford, yield, produce; present, serve, give, afford, accord, donate, award, confer; distribute, administer, deal out, give out, dole out, mete out, Inf. hand out, Inf. dish out, Sl. shell out Sl. fork out; grant, tender, proffer, extend, bestow, lavish; endow, endue, invest.

3. allow for, make allowances for, consider, take into consideration, take into account, take account of; prepare for, make provision for, make sure, make sure against, forearm, provide for or against a rainy day; take precautions, take steps or measures, guard against, keep on the safe side, Inf. play safe; set one's house in order; leave nothing to chance, leave no room for error, consider every angle, leave no stone unturned; hedge, hedge one's bets, cut one's losses; clear the decks, batten down the hatches, shorten sail.

4. lay in provisions, lay up stores, lay by, husband one's resources, salt or squirrel away.

5. arrange for, make arrangements for; support, maintain, sustain, secure, uphold; care for, take care of, look after, take charge of, take under one's wing, attend or minister to; finance, back, sponsor, fund, patronize, provide money or capital for, put up the money, grubstake, Inf. stake, Inf. angel, Inf. bankroll.