n. - late evening snack.

- evening meal, esp. Light. [french souper]

adj. (suppler, supplest) flexible, pliant. suppleness n. [latin supplex]

—v. (-ies, -ied) 1 provide (a thing needed).

- (often foll. By with) provide (a person etc. With a thing).

- meet or make up for (a deficiency or need etc.). —n. (pl. -ies) 1 providing of what is needed.

- stock, store, amount, etc., of something provided or obtainable.

- (in pl.) Provisions and equipment for an army, expedition, etc.

- (often attrib.) Schoolteacher etc. Acting as a temporary substitute for another. in short supply scarce. Supply and demand econ. Quantities available and required, as factors regulating price.

adv. - with certainty or safety (slowly but surely).

- as an appeal to likelihood or reason (surely that can't be right).

n. (pl. -ies) 1 money given as a guarantee of performance etc.

- (esp. In phr. Stand surety for) person who takes responsibility for another's debt, obligation, etc. [french from latin]

n. Additional tax, esp. On high incomes. [french: related to *sur-1]

—v. - view or consider as a whole.

- examine the condition of (a building etc.).

- determine the boundaries, extent, ownership, etc. Of (a district etc.). —n. - general view or consideration.

- a act of surveying property. B statement etc. Resulting from this.

- investigation of public opinion etc.

- map or plan made by surveying. [latin: related to *super-, video see]

n. Esp. Hist. - hindu custom of a widow's suicide on her husband's funeral pyre.

- widow undergoing this. [sanskrit sati faithful wife]

—n. - stitching of the edges of a wound or incision.

- thread or wire used for this. —v. (-ring) stitch (a wound or incision). [latin suo sut- sew]

adj. Slender, lissom, graceful. [french from italian]