nourish
to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
to cherish, foster, keep alive, etc.: He had long nourished the dream of living abroad.
to strengthen, build up, or promote: to nourish discontent among the workers; to nourish the arts in one's community.
Origin of nourish
1synonym study For nourish
Other words for nourish
Opposites for nourish
Other words from nourish
- nour·ish·a·ble, adjective
- nour·ish·er, noun
- o·ver·nour·ish, verb (used with object)
- re·nour·ish, verb (used with object)
- self-nourished, adjective
- un·nour·ish·a·ble, adjective
- un·nour·ished, adjective
- well-nourished, adjective
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How to use nourish in a sentence
In the hardest hit regions, villages lack even the resources to stay hydrated and nourished.
His fury nourished him, making him intense and unpredictable, but also keeping him focused and productive.
Paddy Chayefsky: The Dark Prophet of ‘Network’ News | Tim Teeman | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSpiritual striving and religious growth are best nourished in a spirit of openness.
In other words, we are not simply nourished by the soil, we are of the soil!
These 10 authors had similar epicurean tendencies, which nourished their writing—and often spilled into it.
Menu for a Moveable Feast: 10 Famous Authors and Their Favorite Foods & Recipes | Nicole Villeneuve | October 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He is well nourished, but seems to have been worried into a system of small deceptions which the woman magnifies into deadly sins.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingIt is said that food passes through its body as fast as it is eaten, so it is not nourished, and soon dies for this reason.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeHe wills that each tender human plant be nourished and cherished until well fitted to fill its place and calling in life.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumHolbach was nourished on what might be called scientific rather than philosophical traditions.
Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson CushingBorn of the dreams of humble people who toiled and served for the freedom on which she was nourished, Canada must be forever free!
The Affable Stranger | Peter McArthur
British Dictionary definitions for nourish
/ (ˈnʌrɪʃ) /
to provide with the materials necessary for life and growth
to support or encourage (an idea, feeling, etc); foster: to nourish resentment
Origin of nourish
1Derived forms of nourish
- nourisher, noun
- nourishing, adjective
- nourishingly, adverb
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