Antonyms for victual

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : vit-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪt l

Definition of victual

Origin : c.1300; see victuals.

As in meat : noun flesh of animal consumed as food
As in sustenance : noun necessities for existence
As in comestible : noun food
As in esculent : noun food
As in foodstuff : noun food
As in pap : noun food
As in food : noun edible material
As in keep : verb tend; provide for
As in store : verb collect and put aside
As in supply : verb furnish, provide, give a resource
As in cater : verb provide, help
As in feed : verb give nourishment; augment

Example sentences :

They saw the gleam of her white hand as she stretched it out to take the victual.
Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

It was full of victual, and all manner of mirth and disport.
Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson

When the cell is finished, the Bee at once sets to work to victual it.
Extract from : « The Mason-bees » by J. Henri Fabre

"Ay, it's like salt to their victual," put in Mrs. Goodenough.
Extract from : « Wives and Daughters » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

When a man 's drunk he spills more than his victual, other answered him.
Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse

Give me a drink of cider, and if there is a morsel of victual in the house——'
Extract from : « For Faith and Freedom » by Walter Besant

"It seems to me that the victual is in danger of burning," he said.
Extract from : « Lochinvar » by S. R. Crockett

For aught I knew, there might have been fifty of you at least to victual.
Extract from : « Shirley » by Charlotte Bront

Can we victual at Batavia as cheaply as at Singapore, Mr. Gross?
Extract from : « The Argus Pheasant » by John Charles Beecham

Charles was now to victual his fleet with the savings of the board-wages!
Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Isaac Disraeli

Synonyms for victual

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