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food
Noun
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Food is what people and animals eat for nutrition or pleasure when they are hungry.
We grow our own food.
He eats many foods from other lands.
I'm going to get the children some food from the restaurant because they're hungry.
not
Adverb
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"Not" makes the verb of a sentence have the opposite meaning.
I was not there.
I am not fat!
not
Conjunction
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The item before "not" is more correct or better than the item after "not".
I wanted tea, not coffee!
Meaning: I wanted tea. I did not want coffee.
It's stupid, not funny.
Meaning: It is stupid. It is not funny.
not
Interjection
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Used to indicate the sentence before is sarcastic or ironic. This means that the sentence has the opposite meaning.
I like doing lots of boring homework. Not!
Meaning: I do not like doing lots of boring homework.
bomb
Noun
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A bomb is a weapon that explodes.
On August 6, a U.S. B-29 dropped a 9,000-pound atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
One U.S. soldier and two Iraqi children were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in central Baghdad.
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If something, often a movie or a concert, was a bomb, it was very unsuccessful.
The first computer was a bomb, but IBM improved it and the new machine sold very well.
bomb
Verb
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If you bomb a place, you drop or put one or more bombs there.
This woman's mother and son were killed when American planes bombed the village.
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If you bomb somewhere, you go there at high speed.
They walked up the mountain with their bikes and then bombed down as fast as they could go.
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If you bomb a test, course, etc., you get a very low grade on it.
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If something, often a movie or a concert, bombs, it is very unsuccessful.
The show bombed in London as well as flopping on Broadway.