Definition of Food
n.
1.
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
.
2.
Anything
that
instructs
the
intellect
,
excites
the
feelings
,
or
molds
habits
of
character
;
that
which
nourishes
.
This
may
prove
food
to
my
displeasure
.
- Shak.
In
this
moment
there
is
life
and
food
For
future
years
.
- Wordsworth.
Food vacuole
(Zool.)
one
of
the
spaces
in
the
interior
of
a
protozoan
in
which
food
is
contained
,
during
digestion
.
Food yolk
(Biol.)
See
under
Yolk
.
v. t.
1.
To
supply
with
food
.
Related Words
aliment
,
chow
,
comestibles
,
commons
,
eatables
,
eats
,
foodstuff
,
foodstuffs
,
grub
,
meat
,
nourishment
,
nurture
,
pabulum
,
pap
,
provender
,
scoff
,
subsistence
,
tuck
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