Nourish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed.
  • v. To foster the development of; promote: "Athens was an imperial city, nourished by the tribute of subjects” ( V. Gordon Childe).
  • v. To keep alive; maintain: nourish a hope.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A nurse.
  • v. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
  • v. To support; to maintain.
  • v. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
  • v. To cherish; to comfort.
  • v. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
  • v. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
  • v. To gain nourishment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
  • v. To support; to maintain.
  • v. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster
  • v. To cherish; to comfort.
  • v. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
  • verb-intransitive. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
  • verb-intransitive. To gain nourishment.
  • n. A nurse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To nurse; suckle; bring up, as a child.
  • To feed; supply (a living or organized body, animal or vegetable) with the material required to repair the waste accompanying the vital processes and to promote growth; supply with nutriment.
  • To promote the growth or development of in any way; foster; cherish.
  • To support; maintain, in a general sense; supply the means of support and increase to; encourage.
  • To bring up; educate; instruct.
  • To serve to promote growth; be nutritious.
  • To gain nourishment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. provide with nourishment
  • v. give nourishment to
  • Verb Form
    nourished    nourishes    nourishing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    give    feed   
    Cross Reference
    foster   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    support    maintain    encourage    foster    cherish    comfort    educate    instruct    nurture    nurse   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts