n.

1. Something that nourishes; food.
2. Something that supports or sustains.

tr.v., -ment·ed, -ment·ing, -ments. (-mĕnt')

To supply with sustenance, such as food: required by court order to aliment the abandoned family.

[Middle English, from Latin alimentum, from alere, to nourish.]

alimental al'i·men'tal (-mĕn'tl) adj.
alimentally al'i·men'tal·ly adv.

noun

1. Something fit to be eaten: bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang chow, eats, grub. See ingestion.
2. That which sustains the mind or spirit: bread, food, nourishment, nutriment, pabulum, pap, sustenance. See care for/neglect, ingestion.

Food; nutritive material.

IN BRIEF: n. - A source of materials to nourish the body v. - Give nourishment to.

Tutor's tip: A person who has an "ailment" or sickness always appreciates "aliment" (food or moral support).

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