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Definition of nourish
transitive verb
1 : nurture, rear … to save my boy, to nourish and bring him up … — Shakespeare
2 : to promote the growth of no occasions to exercise the feelings nor nourish passion — L. O. Coxe nourished soccer as a sport in this country needed to nourish his spiritual life
3a : to furnish or sustain with nutriment : feed Plants are nourished by rain and soil.b : maintain, support their profits … nourish other criminal activities — Beverly Smith
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Examples of nourish in a Sentence
Vitamins are added to the shampoo to nourish the hair.
a friendship nourished by trust
Recent Examples of nourish from the Web
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The one that nourished Anderson's creativity, and equally his body and soul, will never be developed.
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For anyone still attempting this style, please don’t forget your Viviscal and don’t forget, what nourishes you, also destroys you.
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The Alzheimer’s Prevention Food Guide — A Quick Nutritional Reference to Foods that Nourish and Protect the Brain From Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Bortles was instructed by UCF’s coaching staff, nourished by UCF’s dining halls and strengthened by UCF’s weight room.
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May’s sense of social responsibility was nourished by her upbringing as the child of a rural Anglican vicar.
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The purpose of this month is to give charity, to grow our character and our inner lives and to nourish our soul through service.
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A good breakfast fuels you for the day ahead and nourishes your body and soul.
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Calls for a bailout have been growing louder over worries that legions of angry middle-class savers — who bought the bank’s bonds and financed the deal — would destabilize Italy’s already wobbly government and nourish far-right parties.
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Origin and Etymology of nourish
Middle English nurishen, from Anglo-French nuriss-, stem of nurrir, norrir, from Latin nutrire to suckle, nourish; akin to Greek nan to flow, noteros damp, Sanskrit snauti it drips
NOURISH Defined for English Language Learners
nourish
playDefinition of nourish for English Language Learners
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: to provide (someone or something) with food and other things that are needed to live, be healthy, etc.
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: to cause (something) to develop or grow stronger
NOURISH Defined for Kids
nourish
playDefinition of nourish for Students
nourished
;nourishing
: to cause to grow or live in a healthy state especially by providing with enough good food or nutrients
nourishing
adjective a nourishing mealMedical Dictionary
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