Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)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.

    Nahrung, Essen, Lebensmittel

    еда́jedá, пи́щаpíšča, пита́ниеpitánije

    ї́жаjíža, харчува́нняxarčuvánnja, ї́длоjídlo

  2. (countable, usually)A foodstuff, a type of food.

    пи́щаpíšča, еда́jedá, кормkorm

    харчxarč, харчі́xarčí, ї́жаjíža

  3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)Anything that nourishes or sustains.

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

    Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.

  4. (Multicultural London English, uncountable, usually)Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.

More definitions
  • any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
  • anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
  • any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

Examples

5720 sentences
  1. I'm tired of eating fast food.

    Я втомився від фаст-фуду.

    ruЯ устал от фаст-фуда.

    deIch habe es satt, Fastfood zu essen.

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  2. There is food on the desk.

    На столі лежить їжа.

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  3. I'm not very particular about food.

    Я не дуже вибагливий у їжі.

    ruЯ не очень привередлив в еде.

    deIch bin beim Essen nicht sehr wählerisch.

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  4. The food isn't very good here.

    Їжа тут не дуже добра.

    ruЕда здесь не очень хорошая.

    deDas Essen ist nicht gut hier.

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  5. Is there enough food for everyone?

    Для всіх вистачає їжі?

    ruЕды всем достаточно?

    deGibt es dort genügend Nahrung für alle?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life:
anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of other forms:
Русский
By meaning 1
any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life:

Origin

From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic

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”).

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Forms

plural: foods
Singularfood
Pluralfoods

regular

Synonyms

42 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

188 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • chinese food
  • kind of food
  • junk food
  • eat chinese food
  • enough food
  • some food
  • enough food for
  • like chinese food
  • have enough food
  • eat junk food
  • eat healthier food
  • much junk food

See also

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