A source of materials to nourish the body.

synonyms: aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals.

Roget 707: aid, aidance^†; assistance, help, opitulation^†, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy etc. (cooperation) 709^†.    patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy.    sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment; eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food etc. 298; means etc. 632.    ministry, ministration; subministration^†; accommodation.    relief, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex machina [Lat.].    supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements^†, succors, contingents, recruits; support etc. (physical) 215; adjunct, ally etc. (helper) 711.    ... show more

Dutch: voedingsstof
Polish: pożywienie, żywność, pokarm, jedzenie

The act of supplying food and nourishment.

synonym: feeding.

Dutch: voeding
Polish: karmienie, odżywianie, wykarmianie, żywienie