food
IPA: fˈud
noun
- (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- (countable) A foodstuff.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
- (uncountable, MLE) Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.
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Examples of "food" in Sentences
- Because, from their very birth, they have an _abundance_ of _good_ food; not only of _food_, but of _rich_ food.
- _ If people with no money had all the food they needed, that meant _food itself had no value in the marketplace_.
- Herald's College, in return for a part of the proceeds of that bill, which was drawn _to pay for the food of the soldiers who drove the convicts, who produced the food_.
- A spokesman for Carl's Jr., responding to the food quality issue at Casa, said something to the effect people don't go there for the food...not a good thing for the parent company to say!
- Section 201 (f) provides the definition of food: "The term ´food´ means (1) articles used for food or drink for man or other animals, (2) chewing gum, and (3) articles used for components of any such article."
- Promoted to Headline (H2) on 4/10/09: Michael Pollan has it right about 'food safety' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Michael Pollan has it right about \'food safety\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: "Food safety."
- He prepared some thick pieces of cardboard and printed on each card, in large letters, such words as _Bone_, _Food_, _Out_, &c. He first gave the dog food in a saucer on the card _food_, and then he placed an empty saucer on a blank card.
- These cram it, not with lectures on political economy, books on international law, or any thing of that sort, but with food much more to its taste -- the very best honey, and a kind of _royal food_, which I suppose it is considered high treason for a subject to touch.
- If you like our work over at The Shorty Awards for food ... we've got 41 votes and Tyler Florence is currently in the lead with 335 votes, so please please take a minute to Tweet: "I nominate @cupcakeblog for a Shorty Award in #food because ..." and fill in the blank!
- First low carb won't of itself change any of those emotional issues 90+ % obese/overweight people have with food (while I believe food is to be enjoyed, the whole concept of comfort food is a dangerous one for many people) What low carb does (and low fat doesn't) is give people some breathing space without physical hunger which is a golden chance to deal with those other problems.
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