Thesaurus: food
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.
Related headwords
animaldefinitionanythingdefinitionsubstancedefinitionbuilddefinitionenergydefinitiongivedefinitionmentaldefinitionmetabolizeddefinitionprovidesdefinitionstimulusdefinitionthinkingdefinitiontissuedefinitionalimentdefinitionanimalsdefinitionassimilateddefinitioncharacterdefinitioneatendefinitionexcitesdefinitionfeelingsdefinitiongoesdefinitionhabitsdefinitioninstructsdefinitionintellectdefinitionlifedefinitionliquiddefinitionmoldsdefinitionnourishesdefinitionnutrimentdefinition
Definitions
- 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.
- n. Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.
- v. t. To supply with food.
- n. any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
- n. anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
- n:100 n. any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue n. any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment n. anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking