Definition of Food

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Definition of Food

Food

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.

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

To supply with food.

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Food Quotations

You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.
Ronald Reagan

It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.
Ronald Reagan

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Mark Twain

We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
Napoleon Hill

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Benjamin Franklin

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Never order food in excess of your body weight.
Erma Bombeck

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.
W. C. Fields

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
W. C. Fields

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
W. C. Fields

Food Translations

food in Afrikaans is kos, voedsel
food in Dutch is eten, etenswaar, spijs, gerecht
food in Italian is vivanda, alimento, generi alimentari, alimente
food in Latin is nutrimens, victus
food in Norwegian is mat
food in Portuguese is alimento, comida
food in Spanish is viandas, manutencion, comestibles, alimento, plato

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