Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
UPHOLDS
Proper noun
Upholds
plural of Uphold
Anagrams
• hold-ups, holds up, holdups
Verb
upholds
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uphold
Anagrams
• hold-ups, holds up, holdups
Source: Wiktionary
UPHOLD
Up*hold", v. t.
1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld. Besought his pity. Dryden.
2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain. Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Prov. xxix 3. Faulconbridge, In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. Shak.
3. To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ABOUND
(verb) be in a state of movement or action; “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”
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