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Meaning of 'nourish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nourish [ n.]
- A nurse.
2 . Nourish [ v. i.]
- To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
- To gain nourishment.
3 . Nourish [ v. t.]
- To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
- To support; to maintain.
- To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
- To cherish; to comfort.
- To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.

Meaning of 'nourish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nourish [ v]
Meaning (1):
- provide with nourishment
Example in sentence:
  • This kind of food is not nourishing for young children;
  • We sustained ourselves on bread and water

Nearby Words:

nouch nougat nought nould noule noumenal noumenon noun nounal nounize

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