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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