nourishing
promoting or sustaining life, growth, or strength: a nourishing diet.
Origin of nourishing
1Other words from nourishing
- nour·ish·ing·ly, adverb
- non·nour·ish·ing, adjective
- o·ver·nour·ish·ing·ly, adverb
- self-nour·ish·ing, adjective
- un·nour·ish·ing, adjective
Words Nearby nourishing
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How to use nourishing in a sentence
It’s hard to know if I keep going there for the tikka masala, which is delicious, or the optimism, which is even more nourishing.
The Pandemic Has Been Tough for Extroverts. Here's How I Managed to Make Friends Anyway | Belinda Luscombe | April 20, 2021 | TimeThe result is a nourishing, flavorful meal that’s an excellent way to use up any leftover horseradish and soup vegetables you might have from Passover.
Horseradish and matzoh-crusted cod is an ideal sheet pan dinner to use up leftover Passover ingredients | Ellie Krieger | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostRegardless of the inspiration, I’m thankful for it and happy to share this recipe for a comforting, nourishing and one-pot vegan soup.
This vegan soup gathers greens, grains and peanut butter in one spicy bowl | Aaron Hutcherson | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostThis is my family’s favorite chicken soup, one I make when someone at home is feeling under the weather or needs a little nourishing restoration.
An aromatic chicken soup to restore the body and revive the spirit | Olga Massov | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostLotions are light and tend to be water-based, while thicker creams and ointments have a higher percentage of fats and oils, which are hydrating and nourishing.
Five tips for taking care of your over-washed hands | Sandra Gutierrez G. | December 20, 2020 | Popular-Science
In effect, then, the resort is harnessing the power of the sun to turn seawater into a nourishing resource—for people and plants.
Sun+Water= High Tech Caribbean Luxury At The Cusinart Resort | The Daily Beast | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet the dread has an oddly nourishing quality; this dread invigorates.
John O’Hara’s Mean, Lean Debut Novel Never Gives In to Despair | Nathaniel Rich | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEverybody knows it, that feeling of entering a park: peeling off the city streets and into that nourishing sense of calm.
Plus, what about the mammalian issues standing up so long might create: the need to eat and drink a nourishing balanced diet?
Turns out, nourishing your body with real food actually makes you feel better.
6 New Ways to Be Happy (If You Believe the Studies) | Rachel Krantz | February 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMeanwhile Fleurette had her nourishing food, and grew more like the ghost of a lily every day.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeLight and nourishing dishes are prepared for my dinner; a hot-water bottle is placed in my bed; and in the bedroom a fire is lit.
It attains a prodigious size in those countries where the pasture is rich and nourishing.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonNot only that, but, as they soon discovered, these dishes were fully as invigorating and nourishing as a meat diet.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyHere were good beds, nourishing food, delicacies from the stores of the Christian and Sanitary Commissions, and kind attention.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
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