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FOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("food" is a kind of...):
substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)
Meronyms (parts of "food"):
food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "food"):
culture medium; medium ((bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms)
chyme (a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum)
micronutrient (a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals))
soul food (food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South)
water (a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants)
beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)
manna; manna from heaven; miraculous food ((Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus)
feed; provender (food for domestic livestock)
commissariat; provender; provisions; viands; victuals (a stock or supply of foods)
aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; sustenance; victuals (a source of materials to nourish the body)
food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
fare (the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed)
comestible; eatable; edible; pabulum; victual; victuals (any substance that can be used as food)
comfort food (food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking)
vitellus; yolk (nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
Synonyms:
food; food for thought; intellectual nourishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("food" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "food"):
pabulum (insipid intellectual nourishment)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
Example:
food and drink
Synonyms:
food; solid food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("food" is a kind of...):
solid (matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "food"):
breakfast food (any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast)
garden truck; green goods; green groceries; produce (fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market)
coconut; coconut meat (the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries)
dika bread (somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango; a staple food of some African peoples)
fish (the flesh of fish used as food)
seafood (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)
butter (an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use)
yoghourt; yoghurt; yogurt (a custard-like food made from curdled milk)
cheese (a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk)
slop ((usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink)
junk food (food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value)
health food (any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health)
alimentary paste; pasta (shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg)
meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)
loaf (a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape)
baked goods (foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven)
chocolate (a food made from roasted ground cacao beans)
convenience food (any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating)
fresh food; fresh foods (food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking)
leftovers (food remaining from a previous meal)
Holonyms ("food" is a part of...):
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)
Context examples:
Insulin is a hormone your body produces to help you turn sugar from food into energy for your body.
(Metabolic Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
These include: • Anxiety • Stress • Lack of food or sleep • Exposure to light • Hormonal changes (in women)
(Migraine, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
This process is restricted to materials that contain water and is typically used for food.
(Microwave Radiation Sterilization, NCI Thesaurus)
Yet the food you have eaten or wasted might have saved the lives of a score of wretches who made the food but did not eat it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I got ready food: but she would not eat, simply saying that she had not hunger.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The best way to get the minerals your body needs is by eating a wide variety of foods.
(Minerals, NIH)
Bring in wine while the food is dressing.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A property indicating a class of food components required for proper health and that are typically consumed in microgram or milligram amounts.
(Micronutrient, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Metabolism is the process your body uses to get or make energy from the food you eat.
(Metabolic Disorders, NIH)
The clothes and food of the children are plain and simple.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
