Dictionary entry details
• EQUIP (verb)
Meaning:
Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
equip; fit out; outfit; fit
Context example:
The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities
Hypernyms (to "equip" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "equip"):
rig; set; set up (equip with sails or masts)
appoint (furnish)
re-equip; rejig (re-equip a factory or plant)
refit (fit out again)
armor; armour (equip with armor)
accouter; accoutre (provide with military equipment)
wire (provide with electrical circuits)
shaft (equip with a shaft)
spar (furnish with spars)
stave (furnish with staves)
adorn; clothe; invest (furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors)
kit; kit out; kit up (supply with a set of articles or tools)
muzzle (fit with a muzzle)
instrument (equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling)
mechanise; mechanize; motorise; motorize (equip with armed and armored motor vehicles)
fuse (equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse)
collar (furnish with a collar)
spur (equip with spurs)
fin (equip (a car) with fins)
motorize (equip with a motor)
motorize (equip with a motor vehicle)
stock (equip with a stock)
horseshoe (equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes)
turn out (outfit or equip, as with accessories)
commission (put into commission; equip for service; of ships)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Meaning:
Provide with abilities or understanding
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
She was never equipped to be a dancer
Hypernyms (to "equip" is one way to...):
enable (render capable or able for some task)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
