food

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“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 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fōdeins, “food”), Latin pānis (“bread, food”), Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster.

1. 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.”

   ““[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]””

2. A foodstuff, a type of food.

   “Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates.”

3. Anything that nourishes or sustains.

   “The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.”

   “Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.”

4. Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.

   “What kind of things that you have. When I find out don't expect me to stop. I'll come for the P's that you stack. And come for the food that you blot.”

   “I'm so London, I'm so south / Food in the ends like there ain't no drought / Flipz don't talk like he's got no mouth”