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
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Cross Reference for Food
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