grocery

noun

1. (attributive)Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.

   “1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...”

2. A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

   “1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...”

verb

1. (intransitive)To go grocery shopping.

   “We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start.”

   “The thought of grocerying so casually at Seessel's evokes a giggle from Shirley”

   “I was dependent upon others for grocerying and getting to doctor appointments.”

   “Sample usage: "If you're going grocerying, pick up some GMO — you know, Goat's Milk, Organic. But it has to be non-GMO GMO."”

2. (transitive)To furnish with groceries.

   “Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people”

   “What freedom to be iced, fueled, and groceried for two weeks and running toward a reef you truly love”