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- DictionaryNour·ish/ˈnəriSH/
verb
- 1. provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition: "I was doing everything I could to nourish and protect the baby"
- 2. keep (a feeling or belief) in one's mind, typically for a long time: "he has long nourished an ambition to bring the show to Broadway"
The meaning of NOURISH is nurture, rear. How to use nourish in a sentence. nurture, rear; to promote the growth of; to furnish or sustain with nutriment : feed…
Nourish means to promote healthy growth—to do or provide what’s needed for someone or something to be healthy and to grow and develop. The word is most commonly used in relation to food. Healthy food nourishes us. Parents try to nourish their children by feeding them healthy foods.
/ˈnʌrɪʃ/ IPA guide. Other forms: nourished; nourishing; nourishes. When you nourish your imagination or your body, you give it what it needs to stay healthy and flourish (hey, that rhymes!). Whenever you eat a nutritious meal, you nourish your body.
to provide people or living things with food in order to make them grow and keep them healthy: Children need plenty of good fresh food to nourish them. She looks happy and well nourished. This cream is supposed to help nourish your skin. formal. If you nourish a feeling, belief, or plan, you think about it a lot and encourage it:
to provide people or living things with food in order to make them grow and keep them healthy: Children need plenty of good fresh food to nourish them. She looks happy and well nourished. This cream is supposed to help nourish your skin. formal. If you nourish a feeling, belief, or plan, you think about it a lot and encourage it:
To nourish a person, animal, or plant means to provide them with the food that is necessary for life, growth, and good health. The food she eats nourishes both her and the baby. [ VERB noun ]
nourish something (formal) to allow a feeling, an idea, etc. to develop or grow stronger. By investing in education, we nourish the talents of our children. There were hopes that the talks would nourish the fragile growth of good relations between the two countries.
1. To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed. 2. To foster the development of; promote: "Athens was an imperial city, nourished by the tribute of subjects" (V. Gordon Childe). 3. To keep alive; maintain: nourish a hope.
To nourish a person, animal, or plant means to give them the food that they need to live, grow, and be healthy.
Definition of nourish verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
