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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

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If you give someone food for thought, you make them think carefully about something. Lord Fraser's speech offers much food for thought. Food and Agriculture Organization Food and Drug Administration food chain food poisoning food preservation World Food Programme

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Glossary A-B - C-D - E-G - H-L M-P - Q-T - U-Z TCA 379 Catering Operations and Sales Professor Patti Shock

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If you are off your food, you do not want to eat, usually because you are ill. It's not like you to be off your food

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Any substance that is or can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life

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{i} substance which provides the body with nutrients, sustenance, nourishment

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eating it - nourishing self, if food is available and you don't eat it, this could be refusing yourself the rewards of life (unless your on a diet and you have tempting dreams!)

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The response Mom usually gives in answer to the question, "What's for dinner tonight?" See "SARCASM"

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To supply with food

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any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink

Drinking wine aids digestion. - Wine helps digest food.

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Any substance, whether processed, semi-processed or raw which is intended for human consumption, including drinks, chewing gum and any substance which has been used in the manufacture, preparation or treatment of "food" but excluding cosmetics, tobacco and substances used only as drugs

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Food as defined in section 201(f) of the act and includes raw materials and ingredients [From §110 3(f)]

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Food is what people and animals eat. Enjoy your food. supplies of food and water. emergency food aid. frozen foods. see also convenience food, fast food, health food, junk food, wholefood

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Any substance, whether processed, semi processed or raw, which is intended for human consumption and includes drink, chewing gum and any substance which has been used in the manufacture, preparation or treatment of food, but does not include cosmetics or tobacco or substances only used as drugs"

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what every living thing needs to get energy

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Having no food shortages, even during the most difficult time of a very difficult year

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Hunting techniques are typically felid The stalk, the crouch and then the rush in to the kill Capture of small mammals is completed by using the claws of the front feet, with the killing bite being delivered with blade like canines to the neck of the prey This cat will also kill spiders, birds, insects and reptiles

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anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

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Wine from muscat grapes

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Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes

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Synonyms

chow, eats, feed, fodder, foodstuff, nosh, nourishment, sustenance, victuals, brainfood, aliment, bite, board, bread, cheer

Antonyms

beverage, drink

Etymology

[ füd ] (noun.) before 12th century. Old English fōda, from Proto-Germanic *fōdon (compare Low German Föde, Old High German vatēn 'pasture', fatunga 'food', Gothic fōdeins), from Proto-Indo-European *pati- 'to feed' (compare Hittite paĥĥši 'to protect', Old Irish aínches 'bread basket', Welsh pawr 'meadow', Latin pābulum 'fodder', pānis 'bread', pasci 'to feed', Tocharian pās/pāsk 'care for, look after', Russian pishcha 'food', Ancient Greek pateîsthai 'eat').