cater
Other forms: catering; catered; caters
To cater means to supply food for meetings or celebrations. If you're having a big barbecue party but would rather hang out with your friends than grill, you could pay someone to cater it.
In Middle English, the food supply in a big household was known as the cates, and so to cater meant keeping the pantry full. These days, caterers don't do pantries. They cook food for many different households or offices. Cater has also come to mean "giving what is desired or needed." You might cater to your grandfather by bringing him tea, reading to him, and laughing at his bad jokes.
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give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenancetypes:staffprovide with staffdrenchforce to drinkboardprovide food and lodging (for)feedserve as food for; be the food forpowersupply the force or power for the functioning offeedprovide as foodunderlayprovide with a base, support, lining, or backinghorseprovide with a horse or horsesshowerprovide abundantly withaccommodateprovide with something desired or neededfix upfind (something or someone) forgutterprovide with guttersmanprovide with workersdinegive dinner to; host for dinnerwinetreat to winescavengefeed on carrion or refusefoddergive fodder (to domesticated animals)regurgitatefeed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed foodcornfeed (cattle) with cornoverfeedfeed excessivelyspoonfeedfeed with a spoonforce-feedfeed someone who will not or cannot eatplankcook and serve on a plankdrivecause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controllingspreeengage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shoppinganswerbe satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose ofremountprovide with fresh horseslunchprovide a midday meal forbreakfastprovide breakfast forbottlefeedfeed (infants) with a bottleinjectfeed intravenouslycarrybe able to feedrangelet eattype of:givetransfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
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supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
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Edge: Level B, Volume 1, Unit 4, Cluster 1. Here are the links to the other clusters within Unit 4: "Curtis Aikens and the American Dream" and "Go For It!", "Superman and Me", "A Smart Cookie", and "It's Our Story, Too", "The Fast and the Fuel-Efficient" and "Teens Open Doors"
French for "Fat Tuesday," Mardi Gras originated as a celebration of spring and evolved into an indulgent period often followed by fasting and sacrifice. It is an opportunity to have some Fun, Food, and Faith.