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
It caught Moran amidships so that he crumpled up on the coal, the breath knocked from his overnourished, undertrained body.
Sudden Jim | Clarence Budington KellandIt was giddy work, but not nearly so giddy as a rather overnourished reader sitting in a warm room might imagine.
The War in the Air | Herbert George Wells
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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