ALIMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aliment mean? 

• ALIMENT (noun)
  The noun ALIMENT has 1 sense:

1. a source of materials to nourish the body

  Familiarity information: ALIMENT used as a noun is very rare.

• ALIMENT (verb)
  The verb ALIMENT has 1 sense:

1. give nourishment to

  Familiarity information: ALIMENT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALIMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A source of materials to nourish the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; sustenance; victuals

Hypernyms ("aliment" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aliment"):

milk (produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young)

course (part of a meal served at one time)

dainty; delicacy; goody; kickshaw; treat (something considered choice to eat)

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

fast food (inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly)

finger food (food to be eaten with the fingers)

ingesta (solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth)

kosher (food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law)

meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)

mess (soft semiliquid food)

mince (food chopped into small bits)

puree (food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender)

stodge (heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food)

wheat germ (embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins)

vitamin (any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism)

Derivation:

aliment (give nourishment to)

alimentary (of or providing nourishment)

• ALIMENT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they aliment    ... he / she / it aliments   
Past simple: alimented   
Past participle: alimented   
-ing form: alimenting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give nourishment to

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

aliment; nourish; nutrify

Hypernyms (to "aliment" is one way to...):

feed; give (give food to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

aliment (a source of materials to nourish the body)

alimentation (the act of supplying food and nourishment)

alimentation (a source of materials to nourish the body)

alimentative (related to the supply of aliment)