Meaning of food | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
   uncountable, usually
2. what living things eat. Horses and cows eat different food from dogs. voedsel; kos طَعام храна comida jídlo, potrava das Essen, das Futter mad; føde τροφήcomida, alimento toit خوراک ruoka nourritureאוכל, מזון आहार hrana; stočna krma táplálék makanan fæða, næring cibo 食物 음식 maistas barība; uzturs; ēdiens; pārtikas krājumi makanan voedselmat, føde, næringjedzenie, pożywienie خواړه comida mân­care еда; корм potrava hrana hrana mat, föda อาหาร yiyecek 食物 їжа غذا lương thực 食物
3. A foodstuff.
   countable, usually
4. lunch
5. a place where, a stall at which, food can be bought. kos; koswinkel مَرْكِز بَيْع الأغْذِيَه закусвалня mercado obchod s potravinami das Lebensmittelgeschäft fødevarecenter κατάστημα τροφίμων tienda de comestibles toidumüügikoht اغذیه فروشی ruokakauppa magasin d'alimentation, étalage מֶרכַּז מָזוֹן ऐसी जगह जहां आहार मिले štand s hranom élelmiszerüzlet toko makanan matvörubúð/-bás centro alimentari 食料品店 맛집 maisto parduotuvė pārtikas tirgotava kedai makan levensmiddelenbedrijf kolonialforretnin...
6. dinner
7. Anything that nourishes or sustains.
   figuratively, uncountable, usually
8. an electric machine that mixes, chops etc food. voedselverwerker مُعالِج الأغْذِيَه، خَلّاطَه миксер processador de alimentos mixér das Rührgerät, der Mixer foodprocessor; køkkenmaskine μπλέντερrobot de cocina köögikombain خوراک خورد کن چندکاره yleiskone robot ménager מְעַבֵד מָזוֹן खाद्य प्रसंस्करण करने वाला univerzalni kuhinjski stroj háztartási robotgép mesin pengolah makanan tritatutto フードプロセッサー 만능 조리 용구 virtuvės kombainas virtuves kombains mesin memproses makanan mixerhurtigmikser, matmø...
   etc
9. cunnilingus
10. Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.
    Multicultural-London-English, uncountable, usually
11. a material used for food. frozen foodstuffs. voedsel; bevrore voedsel مَواد غِذائِيَّه продукт gêneros alimentícios potraviny das Nahrungsmittel fødevare; madvare; levnedsmiddel τρόφιμο, είδος διατροφής alimentos, productos alimenticios toiduaine ماده خوراکی ruoka-aine aliment מִצרַך מָזוֹן भोजन-सामग्री prehrambeni proizvod; hrana élelmiszer bahan makanan matvæli genere alimentare 食料 식료품 maisto produktas pārtikas produkts bahan makanan levensmiddel matvare, næringsmiddel artykuły żywnościowe ...
12. feminine singular of comido
13. alimento; comida;dietetic ___ → ___ dietética;
14. Material, especially carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, that an organism uses for energy, growth, and maintaining the processes of life. Plants, algae, and some bacteria make their own food through photosynthesis, while animals and most other organisms obtain food by consuming other organisms or organic matter.
15. A specified kind of nourishment: breakfast food; plant food.
16. Nourishment eaten in solid form: food and drink.
17. Something that nourishes or sustains in a way suggestive of physical nourishment: food for thought.
18. (Biology) any substance containing nutrients, such as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, that can be ingested by a living organism and metabolized into energy and body tissue.

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Examples

“The innkeeper brought them food and drink.”

““[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]””

“Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.”

“Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates.”

“The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.”

“Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.”

“This may prove food to my displeasure.”

“In this moment there is life and food / For future years.”

“What kind of things that you have. When I find out don't expect me to stop. I'll come for the P's that you stack. And come for the food that you blot.”

“I'm so London, I'm so south / Food in the ends like there ain't no drought / Flipz don't talk like he's got no mouth”

“[Verse 2:Kano]:If you've been shotting in the manor from way back when and you ain't on a kilo ting, I don't wanna hear about cunch and food and tings, man don't do those tings.”

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