food

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English fode, fude, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Scots fuid (“food”), Low German föde, vöde (“food”), Danish føde (“food”), Swedish föda (“food”), Icelandic fæða, fæði (“food”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fōdeins, “food”), Latin pānis (“bread, food”), Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, v). Related to fodder, foster.

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food (usually uncountable; plural foods)

  1. (uncountable) Any substance that is or can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
    The innkeeper brought them food and drink.
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea.
    That is food for thought.
  3. (countable) A foodstuff.
    This shop stocks many hundreds of different foods.

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  • Adjectives often applied to "food": raw, cooked, baked, fried, grilled, processed, healthy, unhealthy, wholesome, nutritious, safe, toxic, tainted, adulterated, tasty, delicious, fresh, stale, sweet, sour, spicy, exotic, marine.

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any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life
anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of other forms
foodstuff

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