as in food
substances intended to be eaten
sat down with a plate of hearty victuals and a mug of ale
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1
as in feeds
to provide food or meals for
the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown
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2
as in eats
to take a meal
that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison
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The center features a video wall where feeds from license plate readers and pan tilt zoom cameras are monitored.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026 -
This population crisis feeds into a post-imperial syndrome, where the decline of empire and power status invokes a sense of loss of self-importance that gives rise to resentment and an unwavering commitment to retain great power status.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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The kitchen of the restaurant is crawling with maggots, the damp eats away at the tatami mats and wallpaper decorated with a design of a forest landscape.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Often apologizing in between bites, Beard, 40, eats savagely with his hands, squeezing food and mashing it into his mouth.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Apr. 2026
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This group typically boards the aircraft last.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Jan. 2026
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Because if the current streak issues continue, Minnesota could start to run away with second place in the division before anyone even boards a plane to Milan.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Jan. 2026
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Well, Sydney feasts a little bit at the end.—
Claire Messud,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2026
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For example, the female carpenter bee provisions her nest with nectar and pollen, lays the eggs, and then the eggs hatch in late summer to fall.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Dec. 2025
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Inside, the wasp provisions its offspring with paralyzed spiders or insects.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Victuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victuals. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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