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food
English
Etymology
From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English f?da (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *f?dô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“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 ???????????????????????????? (f?deins, “food”), Latin p?nis (“bread, food”), Latin p?sc? (“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fo?od, IPA(key): /fu?d/
- (General American) enPR: fo?od, IPA(key): /fud/
- Rhymes: -u?d
Noun
food (usually uncountable, plural foods)
- (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:food
- (countable) A foodstuff.
- Synonyms: (archaic, now only humorous or regional) belly-timber, foodstuff, provender; see also Thesaurus:food
- 2006, C Williams, J Buttriss, Improving the Fat Content of Foods ?ISBN, page 492:
- Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
- Hyponym: brainfood
- 1798, William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey
- In this moment there is life and food / For future years.
Usage notes
- 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.
Synonyms
- (substance consumed by living organisms): belly-timber (archaic, now only humorous or regional), chow (slang), comestible (formal), eats (slang), feed (for domesticated animals), fodder (for domesticated animals), foodstuffs, nosh (slang), nourishment, provender, sustenance, victuals
Derived terms
Related terms
- feed
- fodder
Translations
See also
- breakfast
- brunch
- dinner
- dunch
- lunch, luncheon
- meal
- supper
- Category:Foods
Further reading
- food on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- food on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- do of, doof
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ant
English
Alternative forms
- ante, ampte (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ?mette (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *?maitij? (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *?- (“off, away”) + *maitan? (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mai- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”), German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?nt, IPA(key): /ænt/
- (General New Zealand) enPR: ?nt, IPA(key): /?nt/
- (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) enPR: änt, IPA(key): /??nt/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [??nt], [e?nt]
- Rhymes: -ænt
- Homophone: aunt (in some accents)
Noun
ant (plural ants)
- Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
- (Internet) A Web spider.
Synonyms
- (insect): emmet (archaic), pismire (archaic)
Hyponyms
- (insect in Formicidae): army ant, black garden ant, bull ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, garden ant, honey-pot ant, leafcutter ant, pharaoh ant, piss ant, red ant, sauba ant, thief ant, wood ant
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ant- (prefix)
- -ant (suffix)
- Appendix: Animals
- army
- bike
- colony
- nest
- Appendix:English collective nouns
Verb
ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle anting, simple past and past participle anted)
- (ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
References
Anagrams
- NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TAN, TNA, Tan, nat, tan
Breton
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ant m
- furrow
Catalan
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?an/
Noun
ant m (plural ants)
- elk, moose
Crimean Tatar
Noun
ant
- oath
Declension
Synonyms
- yemin
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[3], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Egyptian
Romanization
ant
- Manuel de Codage transliteration of ?nt.
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French entre (“between”).
Preposition
ant
- between
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?nt]
Preposition
añt (with genitive)
- on
Meroitic
Romanization
ant
- Romanization of ?????????????
Middle Welsh
Alternative forms
- aant
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?nt/
Verb
ant
- third-person plural present indicative of mynet
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt
- Hyphenation: ant
Verb
ant
- past participle of ane
- past participle common of ane
- past participle neuter of ane
Anagrams
- nat, tan
Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *?nt (“oath”). Cognate with Old Turkic ????? (nt), Azerbaijani and, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ant/
- Hyphenation: ant
Noun
ant (definite accusative and?, plural antlar)
- oath
Synonyms
- kasem
- yemin
Turkmen
Noun
ant (definite accusative ?, plural ?)
- oath
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Noun
?nt f (plural anta)
- duck
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