Food /(?)/

Food

n.
  1. 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.
  2. Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.
    This may prove food to my displeasure.
    In this moment there is life and food For future years.

Phrases & Compounds

Food vacuole
one of the spaces in the interior of a protozoan in which food is contained, during digestion.
Food yolk
See under Yolk.

Food

v. t.
  1. To supply with food. [Obs.]