aliment
/'ælimənt/
Definition
Noun:
- Nourishment, food: Something that provides the materials necessary for life and growth; sustenance.
- Support, sustenance: Something that provides support or maintenance, often in a non-physical sense.
Verb:
- To nourish, to feed: To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth.
- To support, to sustain: To provide with what is needed for existence or operation.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- Milk is a perfect aliment for infants.
- The charity provides both spiritual and physical aliment to those in need.
Verb:
- It is a parent's duty to aliment their children.
- The endowment fund was established to aliment the university's research programs.
Advanced Usage
"To serve as an aliment": To function as a source of nourishment or support.
- His encouraging words served as an aliment for her soul during difficult times.
"To be in want of aliment": To lack necessary nourishment or support.
- The refugees were in desperate want of aliment and medical care.
Variants and Related Words
Alimentary (adj): Pertaining to food, nutrition, or the digestive tract.
- The alimentary canal is the pathway through which food passes in the body.
Alimentation (n): The act or process of providing nourishment; the state of being nourished.
- Proper alimentation is essential for a child's development.
Synonyms
- Noun: Nourishment, sustenance, nutriment, food, provisions, support.
- Verb: Nourish, feed, sustain, nurture, support, maintain.
Antonyms
- Noun: Deprivation, starvation, poison, toxin.
- Verb: Starve, deprive, weaken, hinder.
Notes on Usage
- The word "aliment" is considered formal and is less common in everyday speech than words like "food" or "nourishment." It is often used in medical, legal, or literary contexts.
- As a verb, it is now quite rare and has largely been replaced by "nourish" or "sustain."
Noun
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a source of materials to nourish the body
Verb
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give nourishment to
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