food
/fuːd/ noun A1- Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. · The innkeeper brought them food and drink.
- A foodstuff, a type of food.
- Anything that nourishes or sustains. · The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.· Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.
- Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.
Plural foods
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He thus addressed him: “Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.” “Indeed,” bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, “I was not then born.” Then said the Wolf, “You feed in my pasture.” “No, good sir,” replied the Lamb, “I have not yet tasted grass.” Again said the Wolf, “You drink of my well.” “No,” exclaimed the Lamb, “I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother’s milk is both food and drink to me.” Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, “Well!
“Enter, then, and look,” said Father Wolf stiffly, “but there is no food here.”
Akela lifted his head again and said, “He has eaten our food.
It means, translated, “Give me leave to hunt here because I am hungry.” And the answer is, “Hunt then for food, but not for pleasure.”
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