Definition of food

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Food (n.) Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes..

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Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long..
Paunch :: Paunch (v. t.) To stuff with food.
Provender :: Provender (n.) Food or provisions.
Fast :: Fast (v. i.) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence..
Treat :: Treat (v. t.) To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company..
Conch :: Conch (n.) One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food..
Superaltar :: Superalimentation (n.) The act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess of the natural appetite for it..
Raven :: Raven (n.) Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Tops-and-bottoms :: Tops-and-bottoms (n. pl.) Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants..
Fast :: Fast (v. i.) To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.
Hind :: Hind (n.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind..
Bream :: Bream (n.) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known..
Little :: Little (a.) Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water..
Asitia :: Asitia (n.) Want of appetite; loathing of food.
Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom..
Pabulous :: Pabulous (a.) Affording pabulum, or food; alimental..
Crackling :: Crackling (n.) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting..
Digest :: Digest (v. i.) To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill..
Matelote :: Matelote (n.) A dish of food composed of many kinds of fish.
Impart :: Impart (n.) To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth..
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