(1):
(n.) Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.
(2):
(v. t.) To supply with food.
(3):
(n.) 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; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment.