victual

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verb

Definition of VICTUAL

1

to provide food or meals for <the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown>

Synonyms board, cater, provision, victual

Related Words serve, wait; nourish, nurture, sustain; banquet, dine, feast, regale; mess; batten, fatten, fill; force-feed, overfeed, surfeit; underfeed; hand-feed, spoon-feed; refeed, reprovision

2

to take a meal <that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison>

Synonyms eat, fare, feed, partake, refresh, victual

Related Words banquet, feast, repast; chow (down), dig in; glut, gorge, gormandize, overeat, overfeed, pig out; graze, nibble, nosh, pick, snack; board, mess, dine out; breakfast, lunch, sup; picnic

Near Antonyms diet, fast