(n.) What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment.
(n.) Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.
(v. t.) To supply with food.
Example Sentences:
(1) An automated continuous flow sample cleanup system intended for rapid screening of foods for pesticide residues in fresh and processed vegetables has been developed.
(2) After 55 days of unrestricted food availability the body weight of the neonatally deprived rats was approximately 15% lower than that of the controls.
(3) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
(4) Issues such as healthcare and the NHS, food banks, energy and the general cost of living were conspicuous by their absence.
(5) In the clinical trials in which there was complete substitution of fat-modified ruminant foods for conventional ruminant products the fall in serum cholesterol was approximately 10%.
(6) Pint from £2.90 The Duke Of York With its smart greige interior, flagstone floor and extensive food menu (not tried), this newcomer feels like a gastropub.
(7) Size of household was the most important predictor of both the total level of household food expenditures and the per person level.
(8) It is not that the concept of food miles is wrong; it is just too simplistic, say experts.
(9) This suggests that hypothalamic NPY might be involved in food choice and that PVNp is important in the regulation of feeding behaviour by NPY.
(10) They urged the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make air quality a higher priority and release the latest figures on premature deaths.
(11) A relative net reduction of 47% in lactose malabsorption was produced by adding food, and the peak-rise in breath H2 was delayed by 2 hours.
(12) A sensitive, specific procedure was developed for detecting Escherichia coli O157:H7 in food in less than 20 h. The procedure involves enrichment of 25 g of food in 225 ml of a selective enrichment medium for 16 to 18 h at 37 degrees C with agitation (150 rpm).
(13) It was concluded that B. pertussis infection-induced hypoglycaemia was secondary to hyperinsulinaemia, possibly caused by an exaggerated insulin secretory response to food intake.
(14) ); and 3) those that multiply and produce large numbers of vegetative cells in the food, then release an active enterotoxin when they sporulate in the gut.
(15) (2) The treated animals ingested less liquid and solid food than controls.
(16) Resistance to antibiotics have been detected in food poisoning bacteria, namely Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium perfringens.
(17) Learning ability was assessed using a radial arm maze task, in which the rats had to visit each of eight arms for a food reward.
(18) The UNTR rats were subjected to a continuous food restriction to maintain body weights equal to those of the TR rats.
(19) Male Sprague Dawley rats either trained (T, N = 9) for 11 wk on a rodent treadmill, remained sedentary, and were fed ad libitum (S, N = 8) or remained sedentary and were food restricted (pair fed, PF, N = 8) so that final body weights were similar to T. After training, T had significantly higher red gastrocnemius muscle citrate synthase activity compared with S and PF.
(20) The alpha 2 agonist, clonidine, produced a larger dose-related increase in food intake in lean rats than in the fatty rats.
Foody
Definition:
(a.) Eatable; fruitful.
Example Sentences:
(1) johnmarian Foodie delights in Ghent, Belgium Facebook Twitter Pinterest De Superette, Ghent.
(2) The appetite for foodie apps continues unabated; Oliver's app was knocked off the top spot by Dishy, a UK app which features recipes sourced by a web designer and his mother, and apps such as Epicurious have been successful on both sides of the Atlantic.
(3) For a foodie reward, stroll to Rue Didot's row of boulangeries.
(4) OS reference: SM 728 279 The pit stop: Cwtch, St Davids This fantastic little restaurant has stolen the hearts of the foodies in St Davids and it has the awards to prove it.
(5) Meanwhile, alongside the arts, craft and foodie stalls of the type you would expect, there were practical workshops on everything from repairing your bike and foraging food for free, through to bread making and cooking on the cheap.
(6) We’re seeing restaurants push the boundaries and, for the first time, PE is experiencing a foodie culture of food trucks, pop-up diners and local markets, such as the monthly Valley Market : an alfresco celebration of food, artisanal crafts and a great place to meet genuine PE people.
(7) As The Official Foodie Handbook put it back in 1984: "Foodies consider food to be an art, on a level with painting or drama.
(8) "Foodie" has now pretty much everywhere replaced "gourmet", perhaps because the latter more strongly evokes privilege and a snobbish claim to uncommon sensory discrimination – even though those qualities are rampant among the "foodies" themselves.
(9) The Starbucks consumerist seal of approval either represents the end of a foodie trend or the start of a whole new Franken-pastry era.
(10) It’s better with the traditional juniper-heavy gins.” You might also argue that Fever-Tree represents everything that some have come to loathe about the new foodie world: an insistence on branding and artisanal ingredients for a product that serves the same purpose it always has, except at many times the price.
(11) It’s a very sophisticated foodie city.” The company has no institutional shareholders to answer to – with the business still split between Thirlwell and Harris.
(12) And the first-floor restaurant is a foodie’s dream, with a great range of hot foods, cold platters and homemade cakes.
(13) She became a vociferous critic both of the supermarkets, and of the 80s "foodie" culture as satirised in The Official Foodie Handbook by Ann Barr and Paul Levy, a volume she loathed ("To be sure they are skilful enough in the arts of toadying to their public and providing it with a little giggle at itself, but the meaning of satire in the true sense eludes them," she wrote in her review for Tatler ).
(14) I'm a foodie guy and most of what I do is the restaurant which is mainly locals but in the bar normally that table and that table would be contractors and they come here to watch the football.
(15) Both have the power to address some pretty big food issues in the world, but seaweed – especially in the form of a chip – is incredibly delicious and fits into mainstream snacking trends and lifestyle.” Read more like this: From vegan beef to fishless filets: meat substitutes are on the rise Are crickets the next foodie trend?
(16) It's the stuff of foodie fantasy: heaps of purple artichokes spill over piles of grooved and polished heritage tomatoes the colour of a newly painted post box.
(17) Famously fertile, over 110 small-scale wineries and 145 olive oil producers have sprung up across the region in the last 20 years, developing its reputation as Croatia's best corner for foodies.
(18) I will never belong to the foodie elite but I appreciate the riches I already enjoy as a hungry woman who can afford – and knows how to make – her next meal.
(19) Because the missing factor in all of this, is that the majority of the industry – cooking shows, recipe books, foodie displays, trendy markets – are aspirational.
(20) For most foodies, a balanced diet used to be about the nutritious ingredients that went into everyday dishes.