alimento

n. food, aliment, nourishment

v. feed, nourish, plump

n. nourishment, food; nutriment

v. feed, nourish; nurture

n. food; nourishment, nutriment; feed, aliment; sustenance

v. feed, nurture; diet; foster, nourish; fare, forage

= nourishment, sustenance.
Ex: He was swept across the intersection by a miscellaneous crowd of anxious, energetic persons in search of business or raiment or nourishment or whatever.
Ex: The adoption of a marketing approach will help libraries not only in their own self sustenance, but also in the sustenance and self sufficiency of their information products and services.
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* alimento básico = food staple, staple food.
* alimento fresco = fresh food.
* alimento graso = fatty food.
* alimento natural = natural food.
* alimentos = food, food supply, foodstuffs.
* alimento saludable = wholesome food, healthy food.
* alimento sano = wholesome food, healthy food.
* alimentos congelados = frozen foods.
* alimentos ecológicos = ecological food.
* alimentos modificados genéticamente = genetically modified foods.
* alimentos naturales = health food.
* alimentos precocinados = baked goods.
* alimentos procesados = processed food.
* alimentos refinados = refined food.
* alimentos transgénicos = genetically modified foods.
* causado por los alimentos = food-borne.
* ciencia de los alimentos = food science.
* ciencia y tecnología de los alimentos = food science and technology.
* conservación de alimentos = food preservation.
* conservar alimentos = cure + food.
* consumición de alimentos = food consumption.
* cupón canjeable por alimentos = food stamp.
* curar alimentos = cure + food.
* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.
* fuente de alimentos = food supply.
* industria de los alimentos = food industry.
* industria para la preparación de alimentos = food processing industry.
* preparación de alimentos = food processing, processing.
* producción de alimentos = food production.
* suministro de alimentos = food supply.
* tecnología de los alimentos = food technology.
* transmitido por los alimentos = food-borne.

= feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.
Ex: The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.
Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
Ex: The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.
Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.
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* alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.
* alimentar datos = populate.
* alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.
* alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.
* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.
* alimentarse = graze (on).
* alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.