Converse of object

• derive: Just like a leech derives nourishment from its host's blood, the embryo derives nourishment from the decidua or the pregnant endometrium.

• receive: And the simple vein will receive nourishment from itself, and the nerve and artery from the vein.

• draw: However complex the tree, the root, tho hidden, is the only place from where the whole tree can draw nourishment.

• provide: Sunday Post Quiz Answers, June 8, 2003 1 To provide nourishment for the bird or animal embryo.

• obtain: Modifying your diet can help you obtain more nourishment from food.

• bring: Attend to the basis of life the Unified Field to bring nourishment to all the various aspects of life.

Adjective modifier

• spiritual: For spiritual nourishment there were halls of worship filled with statues of the Buddha.

• optimum: And optimum nourishment is essential for your good health.

• proper: Cancer patients must be diligent about getting the proper nourishment.

• sufficient: The language of the state with its many strong roots does not leave sufficient nourishment for the tender sapling, our hapless language " .

• enough: He has passed out several times while at work, unable to get enough nourishment and rest during a 30-minute break at midday.

• little: All these species give but little nourishment for farm animals.

Modifies a noun

• scheme: The beach nourishment scheme is directed at the remaining stretch of exposed dunes.

Noun used with modifier

• beach: There is an expected increase in demand for beach nourishment material.

• skin: Welcome to a new era of instant skin nourishment.

Preposition: of

• life: Ship life is not much of a place for the nourishment of spiritual life.

• soul: John Lane believes that beauty is the nourishment of the soul.

Preposition: for

• body: They used it as emotional and physical nourishment for the body.

• soul: We find nourishment for the soul in nature; in trees and mountains and rivers.