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[nur-ish, nuhr-]

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verb (used with object)

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:
1250–1300; Middle English norisshe < Old French noriss-, long stem of norir < Latin nūtrīre to feed; see nurse, -ish²

Related forms

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-nour·ished, adjective

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un·nour·ish·a·ble, adjective

un·nour·ished, adjective

well-nour·ished, adjective

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Synonyms
1. See nurse. 3. encourage, help, aid, back, advance.

Antonyms
3. discourage.

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Example Sentences

The community that nourished in life must also nourish in death.

But somehow, the inability to nourish oneself seems different.

Britain's provides much of the money to nourish its much-praised culture.

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The community that nourished in life must also nourish in death.

But somehow, the inability to nourish oneself seems different.

Britain's provides much of the money to nourish its much-praised culture.

Rivers provide our drinking water, nourish our agriculture, and support many.

Deadly call and response recruits stem cells to nourish ticking tumors.

Such fertilizers are named according to the plant they're intended to nourish.

Like iron seeding, urea dumping is supposed to nourish blooms of greenhouse gas-gobbling plankton.

Cosmetics companies have begun releasing dozens of products that claim to moisturize and nourish the nails and surrounding skin.

It's a quality one must foster and nourish if profits are to be made.

Parks nourish the human spirit, help sustain the planet, and reflect the ideals of the societies that protect them.

Other features that define mammals include producing milk to nourish the offspring.

Even the mascara is multivitamin and promises to protect, nourish and strengthen lashes.

Proliferating in summer, silversides nourish larger reef species such as jacks, whose numbers have fallen due to overfishing.

Nourish the stupid majority with fairy-tales and threats.

Some sharks nourish their young internally through a primitive form of placenta.

Such operations involve replumbing the blood supply to nourish the repositioned tissue or bone.

Just as the upper branches of the tree nourish the lower structures that support it.

He commented in his paper that this could possibly spur the formation of blood vessels that would nourish tumors.

Placental mammals nourish their offspring-usually born live-through a temporary organ called a placenta.

Mammals evolved into existence when the mammary glands appeared so mothers could nourish their young.

His embracing spirit will continue to nourish us always.

Male mosquitoes have no interest in blood, while females depend on protein-rich hemoglobin to nourish their eggs.

These specimen books nourish and replenish, inform and delight.

Each fruit contains one or more carpels, hollow chambers that protect and nourish the seeds.

Allow all foliage to grow through winter and nourish the plants for next year.

Aside from having delicious taste, it has also many vitamins to nourish our body.

Congress left many of the old subsidies intact, and failed to nourish the conservation programs.

Wellness centers aim to nourish the body, mind, and spirit.

It was a magic shawl, it could nourish an infant for three days and three nights.

And finally, places such as this must exist to nourish the human spirit.

The angiograms showed multiple aneurysms of the coronary arteries that nourish the heart.

Indeed, the botanical bounty here continues to amaze, delight and nourish me daily.

Then their mitochondria are unable to manufacture the energy needed to nourish the brain.

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World English Dictionary

nourish (ˈnʌrɪʃ)

—vb
1.	to provide with the materials necessary for life and growth
2.	to support or encourage (an idea, feeling, etc); foster: to nourish resentment

[C14: from Old French norir, from Latin nūtrīre to feed, care for]

'nourisher

—n

'nourishing

—*adj*

'nourishingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

nourish

late 13c., "to bring up, nurture" (a child, a feeling, etc.), from O.Fr. norriss-, stem of norrir (Fr. nourir), from L. nutrire "to feed, nurse, foster, support, preserve," from *nutri (older form of nutrix "nurse"), lit. "she who gives suck," from PIE base *(s)nu- "flow, let flow," hence "to suckle"

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(cf. Skt. snauti "she drips, gives milk," Gk. nao "I flow").

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Medical Dictionary

nourish nour·ish (nûr'ĭsh, nŭr'-)
v. nour·ished, nour·ish·ing, nour·ish·es
To provide with food or other substances necessary for sustaining life and growth.

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