The meaning of Food

verb

Cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

Usage examples:

They bake their own bread and cakes

noun

The action of cooking food by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

Usage examples:

He picked up what was to become a consuming interest in baking

adjective

(of the weather or a place) extremely hot.

Usage examples:

Deep winters and baking summers

noun

Food made of flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked.

Usage examples:

A loaf of bread

verb

Coat (food) with breadcrumbs before cooking.

Usage examples:

Bread the chicken and fry it in oil.

noun

A basic food made from flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked

Usage examples:

[ u ] a slice/loaf of bread

noun

The practice or skill of preparing food by combining, mixing, and heating ingredients.

Usage examples:

He developed an interest in cooking

verb

Prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients.

Usage examples:

Shall i cook dinner tonight?

noun

The skill or activity of preparing and heating food to be eaten

Usage examples:

My mother always hated cooking., southern/italian cooking

noun

A style or method of cooking, especially as characteristic of a particular country, region, or establishment.

Usage examples:

Much venetian cuisine is based on seafood

noun

A style of cooking

Usage examples:

Southern/japanese/mexican cuisine

noun

Items of food.

Usage examples:

Parcels of eatables and gifts

adjective

Fit to be consumed as food.

Usage examples:

Eatable fruits

adjective

Fit to be consumed as food.

Usage examples:

Eatable fruits

verb

Put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.

Usage examples:

He was eating a hot dog

noun

Light food or snacks.

Usage examples:

These make great party eats

abbreviation

Tanzania (international vehicle registration).

noun

Items of food.

Usage examples:

The farm grows a variety of tropical plants yielding an amazing assortment of fruits and other edib…

adjective

Fit or suitable to be eaten.

Usage examples:

The shrub has small edible berries

noun

The money paid for a journey on public transport.

Usage examples:

We should go to seville, but we cannot afford the air fare

verb

Perform in a specified way in a particular situation or over a particular period.

Usage examples:

The party fared badly in the elections

noun

The money that you pay for traveling on a vehicle such as a bus or train

Usage examples:

We shared a taxi and split the fare., middle eastern fare, middle-income families will fare better/…

noun

A substance suitable for consumption as food.

Usage examples:

The people depend on sago starch as a basic foodstuff

noun

Any substance used as food

noun

A substance that is used as food or to make food

Usage examples:

Straw is a valuable by-product for farmers as an animal bedding and foodstuff., basic/essential foo…

noun

Any of the regular occasions in a day when a reasonably large amount of food is eaten.

Usage examples:

The evening meal

noun

An occasion when food is served or eaten, esp. breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or the food itself on such an occasion

Usage examples:

I don’t enjoy preparing three meals a day every day.

noun

An occasion when food is eaten, or the food which is eaten on such an occasion

Usage examples:

Go out/take sb out for a meal he took the whole team out for a meal at the end of the project., hav…

noun

The food necessary for growth, health, and good condition.

Usage examples:

Tubers from which plants obtain nourishment

noun

Food that you need to grow and stay healthy

Usage examples:

Young babies obtain all the nourishment they need from their mother's milk.

noun

Nourishment; sustenance.

Usage examples:

The bees reprocess the food and extract the last particle of nutriment from it

noun

The action of providing or supplying something for use.

Usage examples:

New contracts for the provision of services

verb

Supply with food, drink, or equipment, especially for a journey.

Usage examples:

Civilian contractors were responsible for provisioning these armies

noun

Something that is needed or wanted, or the act of considering the need for something and arranging for it

Usage examples:

[ u ] when designing buildings in california, you have to make some provision for earthquakes., [ c…

noun

A fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.

Usage examples:

1947 saw the bread ration reduced

verb

Allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a commodity).

Usage examples:

Petrol was so strictly rationed that bikes were always in demand

plural noun

The food given to someone at one time, esp. to soldiers

Usage examples:

He fed prisoners the same rations he fed his own troops.

noun

A light snack or drink.

Usage examples:

Light refreshments are available

noun

A substance or object that is solid rather than liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

I was reminded of high school physics where we learned that solids conduct sound better than both l…

adjective

Firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

The stream was frozen solid

adjective

Having three dimensions.

Usage examples:

A solid figure with six plane faces

noun

A quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed.

Usage examples:

The squirrel has a store of food

verb

Keep or accumulate (something) for future use.

Usage examples:

A small room used for storing furniture

noun

The action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself, especially at a minimal level.

Usage examples:

The minimum income needed for subsistence

noun

What a person needs in order to stay alive

Usage examples:

Art satisfies a need beyond mere subsistence., palau’s economy is based on subsistence agriculture …

noun

The state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but no more

Usage examples:

Many people in the town feed their families by subsistence, an economic lifestyle characterized by …

verb

Make (something needed or wanted) available to someone; provide.

Usage examples:

The farm supplies apples to cider makers

noun

A stock or amount of something supplied or available for use.

Usage examples:

A farm with good water supply

plural noun

Food and other ordinary goods needed by people every day

Usage examples:

On their fourth day out, the climbers began to run low on supplies.

noun

Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

Usage examples:

Poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance

noun

Food, or the energy and other things food provides people and animals to keep them strong and healthy

Usage examples:

The ranch animals get a lot of their sustenance from grazing.

plural noun

Food; provisions.