nourish Hear it!

nourish Definition

nour·ish (nʉris̸h)

transitive verb

  1. to feed or sustain (any plant or animal) with substances necessary to life and growth
  2. to foster; develop; promote (a feeling, attitude, habit, etc.)

Etymology: ME norischen < OFr extended stem of norrir < L nutrire: see nurse

nourish Related Forms
nour·isher noun
nourish Synonyms

nourish

v.

feed, supply, sustain; see feed, provide 1, support 5.

nourish Usage Examples

Object

  • infusion: I have drunk nourishing herbal infusions on a daily basis for more than twenty years.
  • skin: This valuable combination of marine plants rich in minerals & enzymes will leave the skin deeply nourished & hydrated.
  • herb: For the next month include some nourishing herb in your diet.
  • soup: Why not make a very tasty and nourishing seasonal soup, we traditionally eat it for lunch on Boxing Day.
  • soul: Coupled with some good refreshments, what more could nourish the soul?
  • meal: From plants to cure your ailments, a refreshing drink, a nourishing meal, or maybe a plant to clean your teeth with!

Subject

  • element: The ruling element is wood that is nourished by the water element and their respective colors are green and blue.
  • energy: To bring him out of this balance, shift him to the southern room, which is nourished by fire energy.

Adjective complement

  • new: Nothing wrong with year-old truck driver the title card nourished new york's.

Modifying Another Word

  • spiritually: I felt very well-informed and ' spiritually nourished ' after reading the magazine.
  • intensely: These are combined with Shea butter and palm oil, resulting in a formula that intensely nourishes and rehydrates the skin.
  • adequately: Only small numbers of the adequately nourished subjects were affected by these problems.
  • poorly: Children who are poorly nourished are at greater risk of ill health; they are more likely to become obese.
  • deeply: This valuable combination of marine plants rich in minerals & enzymes will leave the skin deeply nourished & hydrated.
  • properly: The brain is over 50 % fat and needs oils to be properly nourished.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: He was nourished up in the words of good doctrine.

Used with why or when

  • when: It should not be an optional extra, nourished when funds allow, but the first to be dropped when money is tight.

Preposition: with

  • food: See another one clean, and well nourished with food.

Preposition: by

  • element: The ruling element is wood that is nourished by the water element and their respective colors are green and blue.
  • energy: To bring him out of this balance, shift him to the southern room, which is nourished by fire energy.
nourish Quotes

If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of.Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.

—Tennyson

Browse dictionary entries near nourish

  1. noun
  2. noumenon
  3. Noumea
  4. nought
  5. nougat
  6. Nouakchott
  7. notwithstanding
  8. notum
  9. Nottinghamshire
  10. Nottingham
  1. nourishing
  2. nourishment
  3. nous
  4. nouveau
  5. nouveau riche
  6. nouvelle
  7. nouvelle cuisine
  8. Nov
  9. nova
  10. Nova Iguaçu