| Main Entry: | cater |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide, help |
Synonyms: |
baby, coddle, cotton, furnish, gratify, humor, indulge, minister to, outfit, pamper, pander to, procure, provision, purvey, spoil, supply, victual |
| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
Synonyms: |
banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual, wine and dine |
Antonyms: |
starve |
| Main Entry: | food |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edible material |
Synonyms: |
aliment, bite*, board, bread, cheer, chow, comestible, cookery, cooking, cuisine, diet, drink, eatable, eats, entrée, fare, fast food, feed, fodder*, foodstuff, goodies, grit, groceries, grub, handout, home cooking, keep, larder, meal, meat, menu, mess*, moveable feast, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provision, ration, refreshment, slop, snack, store, subsistence, support, sustenance, table, take out, tuck, viand, victual, vittles |
Antonyms: |
beverage, drink |
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend; provide for |
Synonyms: |
administer, attend, board, care for, carry on, command, conduct, continue, defend, direct, endure, feed, foster, guard, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nourish, nurture, operate, ordain, protect, provision, run, safeguard, shelter, shield, subsidize, support, sustain, victual, watch over |
Antonyms: |
abandon, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | meat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flesh of animal consumed as food |
Synonyms: |
aliment, brawn, chow, comestible, eats, edible, fare, food, foodstuff, grub, muscle, nourishment, nutriment, provision, ration, subsistence, sustenance, victual |
| Main Entry: | store |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect and put aside |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, amass, bank, bin, bottle, bury, cache, can, cumulate, deposit, freeze, garner, hide, hive, hoard, hutch, keep, keep in reserve, lay away, lay up, lock away, lock up, mothball, pack, pack away, park, plant, put, put away, put by, put in storage, reserve, roll up, salt away, save, save for rainy day, sock away, squirrel, stash, stock, stockpile, treasure, victual, warehouse |
| Notes: | at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred |
Antonyms: |
squander, use, waste |
| Main Entry: | supply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | furnish, provide, give a resource |
Synonyms: |
afford, cater, cater to, come across with, come through, come up with, contribute, deliver, dispense, drop, endow, equip, feed, fill, find, fix up, fulfill, give with, grant, hand, hand over, heel, kick in, minister, outfit, pony up, produce, provision, purvey, put out, put up, replenish, satisfy, stake, stock, store, transfer, turn over, victual, yield |
Antonyms: |
seize, take |
| Main Entry: | sustenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessities for existence |
Synonyms: |
aid, aliment, bacon, bread and butter, bread, comestible, daily bread, eatables, edibles, food, keep, livelihood, maintenance, nourishment, nutrition, pap, provender, provision, ration, refreshment, salt, subsistence, support, victual, wherewithal |
Antonyms: |
extras |
| Main Entry: | comestible |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
Synonyms: |
eatable, edible, esculent, provisions, victual |
| Main Entry: | esculent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
Synonyms: |
comestible, comestibles, edibles, fare, foodstuff, nutriment, provender, provision, provisions, victual |