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–noun

1.	any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.

2.	anything that nourishes; nourishment; food.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L nūtrīmentum nourishment, equiv. to nūtrī(re) to nourish, feed + -mentum -ment

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n.

A source of nourishment; food.
An agent that promotes growth or development.

[Middle English, from Latin nūtrīmentum, from nūtrīre, to suckle; see (s)nāu- in Indo-European roots.]

nu'tri·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj.

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nutriment
noun
a source of materials to nourish the body

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ˈnutriment noun

nourishment; food

Arabic:	طَعام، تَغْذِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):	营养品
Chinese (Traditional):	營養品
Czech:	potrava, strava
Danish:	næring
Dutch:	voeding
Estonian:	toit
Finnish:	ravinto
French:	nourriture
German:	die Nahrung
Greek:	τροφή
Hungarian:	táplálék
Icelandic:	næring, fæða
Indonesian:	makanan
Italian:	nutrimento

Japanese:	栄養物
Korean:	영 양분, 음식물
Latvian:	barība; ēdiens
Lithuanian:	maistas, maistinga medžiaga
Norwegian:	(er)næring
Polish:	pożywienie
Portuguese (Brazil):	alimento
Portuguese (Portugal):	alimento
Romanian:	hrană
Russian:	питание; пища
Slovak:	potrava
Slovenian:	hrana
Spanish:	alimento
Swedish:	näring, föda
Turkish:	besin, gıda, besleyici madde

See also: nutrition, nutrient, nutritious

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Nutriment

Nour"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nourished; p. pr. & vb. n. Nourishing.] [OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F. norrir, fr. L. nutrire. Cf. Nurse, Nutriment, and see -ish.]

1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.

He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. --Is. xliv. 14.

2. To support; to maintain.

Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. --Shak.

3. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. "Nourish their contentions." --Hooker.

4. To cherish; to comfort.

Ye have nourished your hearts. --James v. 5.

5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. --Chaucer.

Nourished up in the words of faith. --1 Tim. iv. 6.

Syn: To cherish; feed; supply. See Nurture.

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