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

Food, nourishment.

Sustenance, nourishment. Also figurative.

Sustenance, maintenance. Cf. flit, v. 9.

Food; provision, means of living.

That which nourishes; nourishment, nutriment. Also figurative. Now Irish English.

Food and drink as a means of keeping someone alive, or as a source of strength and good health; victuals.

(A person's) physical sustenance; an instance of this. Also: food, provisions.

That which nourishes someone or something; nourishment, food. Also figurative. Now rare.

concrete. Food, nourishment, sustenance.

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

Nourishment, sustenance, food.

That which nourishes; food, nourishment; nutritious matter.

That which nourishes; food, nourishment. Also: nutritious content.

Means of maintaining life: livelihood, sustenance.

Sustenance. Obsolete.

Something which nourishes or sustains; sustenance, food. Also figurative.

Nourishment, nutriment.

Sustenance, food, nourishment. Also in figurative context with reference to spiritual food (cf. sense 6). Now rare.

As a count noun: a nourishing food.

That which nourishes the body of an animal or plant; nutriment; food. Also (as a count noun): a food; a nutritious or edible substance; a nutrient.

Means of sustenance or support; esp. = sustenance, n. 1a. Obsolete.

Resource against hunger; ‘cheer,’ sustenance. (Only Scottish.) Obsolete.

Frequently in good creature. A material comfort; something which promotes well-being, esp. food. Obsolete.

figurative. Sustenance. Obsolete.

A means of sustenance.

Food, nourishment, subsistence.