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    victual
    /ˈvɪtl/

    noun

    • 1. food or provisions: "turkey and other savoury victuals were served"

    verb

    • 1. provide with food or other stores: "the ship wasn't even properly victualled"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › victualVictual Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : eat. 2. : to lay in provisions. Did you know? If you're hungry for the story behind victual, get ready to dig into a rich and fulfilling history.

  3. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › victualvictual - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    5 days ago · victual (third-person singular simple present victuals, present participle victualing or victualling, simple past and past participle victualed or victualled) ( archaic) ( transitive, reflexive, chiefly military, nautical) To provide ( military troops, a place, a ship, etc., or oneself) with a stock of victuals or food; to provision .

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › victualVICTUAL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Victual definition: food supplies; provisions.. See examples of VICTUAL used in a sentence.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › victualVictual - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Victual is a fancy word for a very simple thing: any substance that can be used as food. Everything in the food pyramid is a victual, and whatever you eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks are victuals.

  6. www.oed.com › dictionary › victual_nvictual, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    victual, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary. victual noun. Meaning & use. 1.a. 1303–. collective. Whatever is normally required, or may naturally be used, for consumption in order to support life; food or provisions of any kind. Occasionally applied to food for animals, but more commonly restricted to that of persons.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › victualVictual - definition of victual by The Free Dictionary

    1. to supply with or obtain victuals. 2. ( intr) rare (esp of animals) to partake of victuals. [C14: from Old French vitaille, from Late Latin victuālia provisions, from Latin victuālis concerning food, from victus sustenance, from vīvere to live] ˈvictual-less adj.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishVICTUAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. to supply with or obtain victuals. 2. (intransitive) rare. (esp of animals) to partake of victuals. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. victual-less (ˈvictual-less) adjective. Word origin.

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › victualVictual Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. Food fit for human consumption. Wiktionary. Food or other provisions. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Articles of food, esp. when prepared for use. Webster's New World. (Scotland) Grain of any kind. Wiktionary. Synonyms: victuals. eatable. pabulum. edible. comestible. provision. provender. pap. nutrition. nutriment. nurture. bread.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › victual_vvictual, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb victual. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. victual has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. agriculture (late 1500s) animals (late 1500s)

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › victualvictual | meaning of victual in Longman Dictionary of...

    victual meaning, definition, what is victual: to supply a large number of people with ...: Learn more.