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1. (v.t.) nourish
to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
2. nourish
to cherish; keep alive:
to nourish a hope.
3. nourish
to strengthen or promote; foster:
to nourish the arts.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME norisshe < OF noriss-,norir < L nūtrīre to feed; cf. nurse)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) nourish, nurture, sustain
provide with nourishment
"We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
2. (verb) nutrify, aliment, nourish
give nourishment to
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1. (verb) nourish
to give food in order to bring growth and good health
a well-nourished child; fertilizers that nourish the soil; nourishing vitamins and minerals
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nourish
a nurse
2. (verb) nourish
to feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment
3. (verb) nourish
to support; to maintain
4. (verb) nourish
to supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues
5. (verb) nourish
to cherish; to comfort
6. (verb) nourish
to educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments
7. (verb) nourish
to promote growth; to furnish nutriment
8. (verb) nourish
to gain nourishment
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Sense: to cause or help to grow, become healthy etc.
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 Afrikaans: voed |
 Arabic: يُغَذّي |
 Bulgarian: подхранвам |
 Brazilian: alimentar |
 Czech: živit, vyživovat |
 German: (er)nähren |
 Danish: nære; give næring |
 Greek: τρέφω, βοηθώ στην ανάπτυξ |
 Spanish: alimentar, nutrir |
 Estonian: toitma |
 Farsi: کمک به رشد کردن |
 Finnish: vahvistaa |
 French: nourrir |
 Hebrew: לְטַפֵּחַ |
 Hindi: पालन, पोषण करना, बढा़वा द |
 Croatian: hraniti, njegovati |
 Hungarian: táplál |
 Indonesian: memberi makan |
 Icelandic: næra |
 Italian: nutrire |
 Japanese: 栄養を与える |
 Korean: 영양분(자양분)을 주다 |
 Lithuanian: maitinti, puoselėti |
 Latvian: barot; lolot |
 Malay: memberi khasiat |
 Dutch: voeden |
 Norwegian: gi næring, fø |
 Polish: odżywiać |
 Persian: کمک به رشد کردن |
 Pashto: ودى ته كمك كونكى |
 Portuguese: alimentar |
 Romanian: a nutri, a hrăni |
 Russian: питать, кормить |
 Slovak: živiť |
 Slovenian: hraniti |
 Serbian: hraniti |
 Swedish: ge näring åt |
 Thai: บำรุงร่างกายให้มีสุขภาพดี |
 Turkish: beslemek |
 Taiwanese: 滋養, 助長 |
 Ukrainian: годувати; плекати |
 Urdu: پرورش کرنا |
 Vietnamese: nuôi dưỡng |
 Chinese: 滋养，助长，使健壮 |
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