nm. food, aliment, nourishment

v. feed, nourish, plump

nm. nourishment, food; nutriment

v. feed, nourish; nurture

n. food; nourishment, nutriment; feed, aliment; sustenance

v. feed, nurture; diet; foster, nourish; fare, forage

(n.) = nourishment ; sustenance.
Ex: He was swept across the intersection by a miscellaneous crowd of anxious, energetic persons in search of business or raiment or nourishment or whatever.
Ex: The adoption of a marketing approach will help libraries not only in their own self sustenance, but also in the sustenance and self sufficiency of their information products and services.
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* alimento básico = food staple ; staple food ; staple diet.
* alimento biológico = organic food.
* alimento con alto contenido en grasa = high-fat food.
* alimento con alto contenido graso = high-fat food.
* alimento de bajo contenido en grasas = low-fat food.
* alimento de temporada = seasonal food.
* alimento ecológico = organic food.
* alimento fresco = fresh food.
* alimento graso = fatty food.
* alimento natural = natural food.
* alimento nutritivo = nutritious food.
* alimento orgánico = organic food.
* alimento principal = staple diet.
* alimento rico en calorías = calorie-rich food.
* alimento rico en proteínas = protein-rich food.
* alimento rico en vitaminas = vitamin-rich food.
* alimentos = food ; food supply ; foodstuffs.
* alimento saludable = wholesome food ; healthy food.
* alimento sano = wholesome food ; healthy food.
* alimentos congelados = frozen foods.
* alimentos crudos = raw food.
* alimentos ecológicos = ecological food.
* alimentos en conserva = tinned food ; canned food.
* alimentos enlatados = tinned food ; canned food.
* alimentos enriquecidos = fortified foods.
* alimentos modificados genéticamente = genetically modified foods.
* alimentos naturales = health food.
* alimentos poco saludables = unhealthy foods.
* alimentos precocinados = baked goods.
* alimentos procesados = processed food.
* alimentos refinados = refined food.
* alimentos sin cocinar = raw food.
* alimentos sólidos = solid food.
* alimentos transgénicos = genetically modified foods.
* banco de alimentos = food bank.
* causado por los alimentos = food-borne.
* ciencia de los alimentos = food science.
* ciencia y tecnología de los alimentos = food science and technology.
* colorante artificial para alimentos = food colouring.
* conservación de alimentos = food preservation.
* conservar alimentos = cure + food.
* consumición de alimentos = food consumption.
* cupón canjeable por alimentos = food stamp.
* curar alimentos = cure + food.
* digerir los alimentos = digest + food.
* elaboración de alimentos = food processing.
* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity ; food shortage.
* fuente de alimentos = food supply.
* grano para alimento humano = food grain.
* higiene de los alimentos = food safety.
* industria de la elaboración de alimentos = food processing industry.
* industria de la preparación de alimentos = food processing industry.
* industria de los alimentos = food industry.
* manipulador de alimentos = food handler.
* preparación de alimentos = food processing ; processing.
* producción de alimentos = food production.
* Programa Mundial de Alimentos, el = World Food Programme, the.
* sector de la elaboración de alimentos, el = food processing sector, the.
* seguridad de los alimentos = food safety.
* suministro de alimentos = food supply.
* tecnología de los alimentos = food technology.
* tienda de alimentos naturales = health food store ; health food shop.
* transmitido por los alimentos = food-borne.

(v.) = feed ; fuel ; nurture ; nourish ; stoke (up).
Ex: The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.
Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
Ex: The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.
Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.
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* alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.
* alimentar datos = populate.
* alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.
* alimentar el fuego = feed + the fire.
* alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.
* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope ; kindle + hope.
* alimentarse = graze (on).
* alimentarse de = thrive on ; feast on ; prey on/upon.
* alimentarse del aire = feed on + air.
* animal que se alimenta filtrando plancton = filter feeder.

alimentum, alimenti
n. n. food/nourishment, provisions; sustenance, maintenance, livelihood; alms; fuel;