A kind of food; an article of food, a dish. Frequently in plural. Also figurative. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

That which is eaten, food. Now frequently, esp. in plural (colloquial).

Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink in order to maintain life and growth; nourishment, provisions.

Food in general. Now chiefly colloquial or as a humorous extended use of sense 2a.

Food; the provisions or victuals in daily use, viewed as a collective whole, especially in relation to their quality and effects.

? Refreshment.

collective. Whatever is normally required, or may naturally be used, for consumption in order to support life; food or provisions of any kind.

plural. Articles of food; supplies, or various kinds, of provisions; in later use esp. articles of ordinary diet prepared for use.

Something which is procured as or serves for food (not necessarily or exclusively meat); (U.S.) provisions or rations. Obsolete.

concrete. That which is eaten; food. Now rare.

Food, sustenance. Obsolete.

Food, sustenance.

plural. Articles of food; provisions, victuals.

concrete. Food, victuals. Also occasionally in plural in same sense. Obsolete.

Food. Obsolete. rare.

Victual, victuals.

singular. collective. Food, sustenance.

plural. Provisions or victuals bought (as distinguished from, and usually more delicate or dainty than, those of home production); in later use…

Food, provisions, victuals, eatables.

= viander, n.2

Viands, victuals, food.

something pertaining to bodily nourishment or appetite.

slang (originally cant). Food, ‘grub’; provisions; (in later use also as a count noun) a bite of food, a snack.

concrete. Food, viands.

Food, bait.

Food. Obsolete. rare.

= cate, n.1

food, belly-timber, n.

Food; a meal, a feast.

With plural and singular agreement. Articles of food, victuals, provisions.

Food, provisions. (Formerly in serious use, as still in dialects (cf. timber, n.1); but since the time of Butler tending to be ludicrous.)

something for the belly, food; also, an apron.

Food; provisions.

Victualling; victuals.

Maintenance, sustenance with food; food, fodder; = keep, n. 6c.

Victuals, provisions.

figurative. dialect, Australian, and New Zealand. Food, provisions; a light meal or snack; a piece of bread, cake, etc. Frequently attributive.

Food; esp. provisions for a journey or excursion; (also) a quantity of food, a meal. Now chiefly regional (British, Irish English, and North American…

slang. Food or provender of any kind. Colloquial phrases.: grub up!, the food is ready; time to eat!; lovely grub, good food; also transferred.

transferred. Applied to other kinds of flesh or food.

The act of feeding; the provision of food. Also: food. Now chiefly Indian English.

Material on which to exercise the teeth; provisions, food.

That which may be eaten; an article of food. Chiefly in plural.

Scottish. Something. Also in plural: various things. Obsolete.

food.

n. A mixture or medley of any sort; e.g. mixed pickles or preserves. Also, food of any kind. India and China.

The food required to keep a person or animal; provender, pasture; maintenance, support. Frequently in to earn one's keep (also figurative).

Also, food, fare (for human beings). U.S. colloquial.

slang. Eating, feeding; concrete food, ‘grub’.

Esp. in Australian Aboriginal usage: food.

Food, a meal; the action of eating. Cf. yam n.3 at yam, v. derivatives, yam, v.

As a count noun: a (hearty) meal; an item of food. As a mass noun: food. Cf. yam n.3 at yam, v. derivatives.

slang. Food, ‘grub’; also, a (public) meal.

Foodstuff; chiefly in hardtack, n., ship's biscuit, soft tack n. at soft, adj. compounds 2a; also gen. stuff, often in depreciatory sense. Cf. tackle…

Food, victuals.

Food.

Food; also a meal. (Cf. scaff, n.) Also attributive.

A particular substance suitable for consumption as food. Also as a mass noun: edible material.

Food, ‘grub’. (In early use spec. bread or ship-biscuit.) See also chuck wag(g)on, n.

In north-western North America: food.

Food, eatables; esp. delicacies, as sweet-stuff, pastry, jam, etc. (School slang). Cf. tucker, n.1 5b.

The daily supply of food of a gold-digger or station-hand; rations, meals; also, food generally, victuals: = tuck, n.1 6b to earnor make one's tucker…

colloquial (originally U.S.). Food in general, esp. as served in a cheap restaurant or regarded as basic or unsophisticated.

Food, a meal (now chiefly British); (originally) food which may be nibbled as a snack or delicacy (chiefly North American). Also attributive in nos…

Food. (See also Eng. Dial. Dict.)

a flour suitable for use in making cakes and confectionery; spec. (chiefly North American) a finely ground, low-protein flour made from soft wheat.

Pidgin-English and slang. Food, or a meal, of any kind. Also spec. = chow-chow, n. adj.1. Also attributive.

A meal; food, sustenance. Also: a container that holds a packed lunch or other meal (chiefly U.S.).

Food of any kind. slang.

food given as aid to a country or region suffering from a food shortage.

Victuals; food or drink; ‘stuff’. slang.

Food; a meal.

= scoff, n.2

Food.