Food

Word FOOD
Character 4
Hyphenation food
Pronunciations /fuːd/

Definitions and meanings of "Food"

What do we mean by food?

Material, usually of plant or animal origin, that contains or consists of essential body nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals, and is ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life. noun

A specified kind of nourishment. noun

Nourishment eaten in solid form. noun

Something that nourishes or sustains in a way suggestive of physical nourishment. noun

To feed; supply; figuratively, to soothe; flatter; entertain with promises.

An improper form of feud. noun

What is eaten for nourishment; whatever supplies nourishment to organic bodies; nutriment; aliment; victuals; provisions: as, the food of animals consists mainly of organic substances; a great scarcity of food; the food of plants. noun

Hence Anything that sustains, nourishes, and augments. noun

Anything serving as material for consumption or use. noun

A person fed or brought up; a person, as a child, under nurture; in an extended sense, any person; a creature. noun

Synonyms Provender, etc. (see feed, n.); sustenance, fare, cheer, viands. noun

To supply with food. transitive verb

What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment. noun

Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes. noun

One of the spaces in the interior of a protozoan in which food is contained, during digestion. noun

See under Yolk. noun

Any substance that is or can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. noun

Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea. noun

A foodstuff. noun

Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue noun

Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

A foodstuff.

Anything that nourishes or sustains.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Food

The word "food" in example sentences

Promoted to Headline (H2) on 4/10/09: Michael Pollan has it right about 'food safety' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Michael Pollan has it right about \'food safety\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: "Food safety." ❋ Unknown (2009)

First low carb won't of itself change any of those emotional issues 90+ % obese/overweight people have with food (while I believe food is to be enjoyed, the whole concept of “comfort food” is a dangerous one for many people) What low carb does (and low fat doesn't) is give people some breathing space without physical hunger – which is a golden chance to deal with those other problems. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A spokesman for Carl's Jr., responding to the food quality issue at Casa, said something to the effect “people don't go there for the food”...not a good thing for the parent company to say! ❋ Unknown (2005)

_ If people with no money had all the food they needed, that meant _food itself had no value in the marketplace_. ❋ Unknown (2003)

These cram it, not with lectures on political economy, books on international law, or any thing of that sort, but with food much more to its taste -- the very best honey, and a kind of _royal food_, which I suppose it is considered high treason for a subject to touch. ❋ Emily Mayer Higgins (N/A)

He prepared some thick pieces of cardboard and printed on each card, in large letters, such words as _Bone_, _Food_, _Out_, &c. He first gave the dog food in a saucer on the card _food_, and then he placed an empty saucer on a blank card. ❋ Various (N/A)

Herald's College, in return for a part of the proceeds of that bill, which was drawn _to pay for the food of the soldiers who drove the convicts, who produced the food_. ❋ Various (N/A)

Because, from their very birth, they have an _abundance_ of _good_ food; not only of _food_, but of _rich_ food. ❋ William Cobbett (1799)

If you like our work over at The Shorty Awards for food ... we've got 41 votes and Tyler Florence is currently in the lead with 335 votes, so please please take a minute to Tweet: "I nominate @cupcakeblog for a Shorty Award in #food because ..." and fill in the blank! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Section 201 (f) provides the definition of food: "The term ´food´ means (1) articles used for food or drink for man or other animals, (2) chewing gum, and (3) articles used for components of any such article." ❋ Unknown (2008)

* they decide to go to the food court to get something to eat and 10min later Joe comes back with a lot of food* Julie - Joe! ❋ Unknown (2010)

56 While alcohol cannot be classed as a food, it is believed by some authorities to contain _food value_ and, in the hands of the physician, to be a substance capable of rendering an actual service in the treatment of certain diseases. ❋ Francis M. Walters (N/A)

The question remains, however, what we’d choose given the choice between our food and **your food**. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Even the term food stamps is antiquated—people now use plastic cards that resemble credit cards, thus alleviating any stigma connected to welfare. ❋ Warren Kozak (2012)

The term food desert has been around for decades, but blew up after the early 1990s, when academics and officials from the Scottish government toured a public housing complex in the town of Paisley, says Steven Cummins, lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The term "food celebrity" encompasses a wide variety of professionals, from TV personalities to accomplished chefs. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2012)

Gingrich is the one that used the term 'food stamp president.' ❋ ALIYAH SHAHID (2011)

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