food

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

   food and drink

2. 2
   noun

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

   The innkeeper brought them food and drink.

3. 3
   noun

   A foodstuff, a type of food.

   Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates.

4. 4
   noun

   Anything that nourishes or sustains.

   The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.

5. 5
   noun

   Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.

   What kind of things that you have. When I find out don't expect me to stop. I'll come for the P's that you stack. And come for the food that you blot.

6. 6
   noun

   any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

7. 7
   noun

   anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Scots fuid (“food”), Low German föde, vöde (“food”), West Frisian fiedsel (“food”), Dutch voedsel (“food”) Danish føde (“food”), Swedish föda (“food”), Icelandic fæða, fæði (“food”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fōdeins, “food”), Latin pānis (“bread, food”), Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, ve…