alimentation

1. A source of materials to nourish the body (synset 107586285)
   is a type of: food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals
2. The act of supplying food and nourishment (synset 101059683)
   is a type of: provision, supply, supplying - the activity of supplying or providing something
   subtypes:

   • lactation, suckling - feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
   • infant feeding - feeding an infant
   • forced feeding, gavage - feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
   • intravenous feeding, iv - administration of nutrients through a vein
   • overfeeding - excessive feeding
   • spoonfeeding - feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon
   • hyperalimentation, total parenteral nutrition, tpn - administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes
   same as: feeding

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