The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
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The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.
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Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.
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The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.
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A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
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A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.
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That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.
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See Kickshaws, the correct singular.
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The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
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A part; a fragment; a portion.
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Mass; church service.
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A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in…
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To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.
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A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thic…
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The act of taking food.
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Real being; existence.
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; alim…
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Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.
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That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…
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To care; to desire.
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To care; to desire.
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To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…
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To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…
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That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: suste…
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The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
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To care; to desire.
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Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.
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of Live
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The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
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The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.
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That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.
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In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in i…
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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…
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The act of sustaining; maintenance; support.
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The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.
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Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.
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