Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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. - To feed; supply; figuratively, to soothe; flatter; entertain with promises.
- noun An improper form of
feud .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 (Zoöl.) one of the spaces in the interior of a protozoan in which food is contained, during digestion.
- noun (Biol.) See under
Yolk . - transitive verb obsolete To supply with food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable Any
substance that is or can be consumed by living organisms, especially byeating , in order to sustain life. - noun uncountable, figuratively Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea.
- noun countable A
foodstuff .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
- noun anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
- noun any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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."
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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.
More on red meat and colon cancer | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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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!
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_ If people with no money had all the food they needed, that meant _food itself had no value in the marketplace_.
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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.
Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Emily Mayer Higgins
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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.
Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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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_.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 401, November 28, 1829 Various
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Because, from their very birth, they have an _abundance_ of _good_ food; not only of _food_, but of _rich_ food.
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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!
LUSTY LADY 2010
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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."
American Chronicle 2008
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Ms. Winfrey and others interviewed on the program — which included doctors who have consulted for the makers of these drugs — referred throughout the hour to the incessant internal chatter that some people experience around eating, also called “food noise.”
anmxn_lwk commented on the word food
i love food
March 3, 2022
bilby commented on the word food
Is it requited?
March 3, 2022