Sunday, July 4, 2010

Words that Food Expressed (3)


Date:
(a) small tropical fruit with a long pit
(b) day, month or year of an event (c) arrangement to meet (d) person of the opposite sex whom one arranges to meet socially (e) guess the date of (f) write the date on (g) become old fashioned (h) make a social date with (i) out of date – old fashioned; no longer valid (j) to date – up till now (k) up to date – modern (l) date from / date back to – have lasted since
Dip:
(a) thick creamy mixture eat by scooping it up with raw vegetables of biscuits
(b) put into a liquid for a moment (c) drop slightly (d) quick swim (e) downward slope (f) (liquid for) dipping animals (g) dip into – use up (money); read (a book) for a short time
Dish:
(a) cooked food of one kind
(b) large plate (c) talk with friends (d) dish out – serve out to several people (e) dish it out – punish or express disapproval of someone else, especially thoughtlessly or unjustly (f) dish up – put (a meal) onto dishes
Dressing:
(a) a sauce for food especially for salad
(b) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables (c) a medical covering for a wound (d) putting clothes on (e) a covering to improve an object's appearance (stone, wood etc.) (f) to clean (fish or fowl) for cooking or sale (g) the application of a profile onto a grinding wheel (h) to apply medication, bandages or other therapeutic material to a wound (i) to arrange and groom (the hair) (j) manure, compost or other fertilizers (k) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather (l) making fertile as by applying manure or fertilizer
Drum stick:
(a) the meaty leg of lower joint of cooked chicken, duck, turkey, or other fowl 
(b) a stick for beating a drum

Egg:
(a) (the contents of) an egg when used as food
(b) round object with a shell, containing a baby bird, snake, etc. (c) female cell producing young (d) have egg on one's face – seem foolish (e) egg on – encourage someone, especially to do wrong

Posted by Jade Dame
[To be continued]

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