pabulum

  • 41pap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spoon food, paste; teat, nipple; slang, patronage, plum, pork. See softness, convexity, influence. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible …

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  • 42sustenance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. food, nourishment; support, maintenance, subsistence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nourishment, food, nutrition; see aid 1 , subsistence 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. livelihood, support,… …

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  • 43nourishment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nurture, nutriment, provender; see food . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. nutriment, food, sustenance, subsistence, vitamins and minerals, aliment, viands, daily bread, feed. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something… …

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  • 44nutriment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nourishment, provisions, sustenance; see food , subsistence 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment,… …

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  • 45Pablum — See PABULUM (Cf. pabulum) …

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  • 46paistre — Paistre, Carpere herbam, Pascere, Compascere, Depascere, Impascere, vel Impasci, Pabulari. Chasser paistre Pastum propellere pecus, Propellere in pabulum. Faire paistre le fourrage aux bestes, Pabulum compascere. Faire paistre son bestial dans le …

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  • 47pab|lum — «PAB luhm», noun. 1. a source of sustenance; pabulum: »Figurative. The Presidential Commission on Campus Unrest…he said, had produced a report which was sure to be taken as more pablum for the permissivists (Listener). 2. something intellectually …

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  • 48пасу — пасти, запас, спасти, укр. пасти, др. русск. пасу, пасти, ст. слав. пасѫ, пасти βόσκειν, νέμειν (Супр.), болг. паса (Младенов 412), сербохорв. па̏сти, пасе̑м, словен. pasti, рasеm подстерегать, наблюдать, стеречь, насти , чеш. pasti, раsu пасти,… …

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  • 49патрать — I патрать I, аю мазать , южн., псковск., тверск., тамб., патраться мараться , укр. патрати потрошить . Предположение о сокращении из потрошить (см. потрох) неудовлетворительно, вопреки Преобр. (II, 27). II патрать II дорожить , костром. (Даль),… …

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  • 50Food — Food, n. [OE. fode, AS. f[=o]da; akin to Icel. f[ae][eth]a, f[ae][eth]i, Sw. f[ o]da, Dan. & LG. f[ o]de, OHG. fatunga, Gr. patei^sthai to eat, and perh. to Skr. p[=a] to protect, L. pascere to feed, pasture, pabulum food, E. pasture. [root]75.… …

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