victual

verb

Definition of victualnext
1
as in to feed
to provide food or meals for the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown

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2
as in to eat
to take a meal that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison

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Recent Examples of victual Scholars long thought that the capability to construct and victual a watercraft and then navigate it to a distant coast arrived only with advent of agriculture and animal domestication. — Andrew Lawler, Science | AAAS, 24 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for victual
  1. feed
  2. eat
  3. board
  4. dine
  5. provision
Verb
  • As someone who fed on emotion and belonging throughout his career, Keegan had always felt the pull of Newcastle United, the club of his father.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • The behind-the-scenes glimpses help feed consumers’ hunger for connection to personal stories.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of feed
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  • People enjoy them in countless ways, including being folded into shortcake, mixed into fruit salad, dipped in chocolate, piled on pancakes, stirred into yogurt, blended into smoothies or simply eaten by the handful as a refreshing snack.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • For perspective, third place contestant Mirza Selmic ate 18 corn dogs, and the remaining competitors ate between eight and 13 dogs.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of eat
Verb
  • The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection From Miami, Florida Travelers looking for the ultimate luxury cruise vacation can board The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s Ilma for three- to seven-night roundtrip voyages from Miami.
    — Megan duBois, Southern Living, 22 July 2026
  • The tanks, which Otjen said are big enough to allow the massive belugas -- some of which are up to 16 feet long -- to float, were boarded onto a Qatar Airways Boeing 777.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of board
Verb
  • On Tuesday, July 21, the couple previously dined at Trattoria della Santa in Bologna, Italy, PEOPLE confirmed.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • During the day when the bed is no longer in use, the entire bathroom and dining bench slide back and the dining table drops down, creating the four-seat dining lounge.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
Definition of dine
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  • According to the second report, provisioning LNG export terminals is now the fastest-growing source of demand for US gas producers — moving so quickly that US gas supply will be in deficit by 2028.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • And rather than building provisioning into the app, Microsoft handles it through a backend platform, Agent 365 and Work IQ.
    — Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of provision

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