Definition of food

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Food (n.) 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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Serranoid :: Serranoid (n.) Any fish of the family Serranidae, which includes the striped bass, the black sea bass, and many other food fishes..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
Green :: Green (n.) pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food..
Cabbage :: Cabbage (n.) The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below..
Nidor :: Nidor (n.) Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking..
Grouper :: Grouper (n.) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (E. nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico..
Chymification :: Chymification (n.) The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.
Food :: Food (v. t.) To supply with food.
Goodness :: Goodness (n.) The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc..
Bouillon :: Bouillon (n.) A nutritious liquid food made by boiling beef, or other meat, in water; a clear soup or broth..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water..
Cater :: Cater (n.) To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions..
Chlorophyll :: Chlorophyll (n.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals..
Eat :: Eat (v. i.) To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board..
Appetizing :: Appetizing (a.) Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food..
Plantain :: Plantain (n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked..
Bread :: Bread (n.) Food; sustenance; support of life, in general..
Sesame :: Sesame (n.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also bagre.
Hunger :: Hunger (n.) To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
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