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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
nourish
v 1: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread
and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young
children" [syn: nourish, nurture, sustain]
2: give nourishment to [syn: nutrify, aliment, nourish]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Nourish \Nour"ish\, v. i.
1. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
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Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves.
--Bacon.
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2. To gain nourishment. [R.] --Bacon.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Nourish \Nour"ish\ (n[u^]r"[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Nourished (n[u^]r"[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Nourishing.]
[OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F.
nourrir, fr. L. nutrire. Cf. Nurse, Nutriment, and see
-ish.]
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1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which
increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to
furnish with nutriment.
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He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
--Is. xliv.
14.
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2. To support; to maintain.
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Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. --Shak.
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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.
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4. To cherish; to comfort.
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Ye have nourished your hearts. --James v. 5.
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5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to
promote the growth of in attainments. --Chaucer.
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Nourished up in the words of faith. --1 Tim. iv.
6.
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Syn: To cherish; feed; supply. See Nurture.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Nourish \Nour"ish\, n.
A nurse. [Obs.] --Hoolland.
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Thesaurus Results for nourish:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
abet, advance, aid, aid and abet, aliment, ask for, breast-feed, care for, cherish, coddle, cosset, countenance, cradle, cultivate, dry-nurse, encourage, fatten, fatten up, feed, fondle, force-feed, fortify, foster, give encouragement, harbor, help, invite, keep, keep in countenance, lactate, lavish care on, look after, maintain, mother, nurse, nurture, nutrify, pamper, promote, provide for, spoon-feed, stimulate, strengthen, stuff, suckle, support, sustain, take care of, wet-nurse |
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Common Misspellings > |
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