Definitions for nourish
ˈnɜr ɪʃ, ˈnʌr-nour·ish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. nourish, nurture, sustainverb

   provide with nourishment

   "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

2. nutrify, aliment, nourishverb

   give nourishment to

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nourishnoun

   A nurse.

2. nourishverb

   To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.

3. nourishverb

   To support; to maintain.

4. nourishverb

   To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.

5. nourishverb

   To cherish; to comfort.

6. nourishverb

   To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.

7. nourishverb

   To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.

8. nourishverb

   To gain nourishment.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To NOURISHverb

   Etymology: nourrir, French; nutrio, Latin.

   1. To encrease or support by food, or aliment of any kind.

   He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Is. xliv. 14.

   Thro’ her nourish’d powers enlarg’d by thee,
   She springs aloft. James Thomson, Summer.

   2. To support; to maintain.

   Whilst I in Ireland nourish a mighty band,
   I will stir up in England some black storm. William Shakespeare.

   Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. Acts vii. 21.

   3. To encourage; to foment.

   What madness was it with such proofs to nourish their contentions, when there were such effectual means to end all controversy? Richard Hooker, b. ii. s. 7.

   In soothing them, we nourish ’gainst our senate
   The cockle of rebellion. William Shakespeare.

   Gorgias hired soldiers, and nourished war continually with the Jews. 2 Mac. x. 14.

   4. To train, or educate.

   Thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith. 1 Tim. iv. 6.

   I travel not, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. Is. xxiii. 4.

   5. To promote growth or strength, as food.

   In vegetables there is one part more nourishing than another; as grains and roots nourish more than their leaves. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 45.

2. To Nourishverb

   To gain nourishment. Unusual.

   Fruit trees grow full of moss, which is caused partly by the coldness of the ground, whereby the parts nourish less. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 544.

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1. nourish

   To nourish means to provide with the food or substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition. It can also refer to promoting or sustaining the development or growth of an idea, relationship, or other non-physical entity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nourishverb

   to feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment

2. Nourishverb

   to support; to maintain

3. Nourishverb

   to supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues

4. Nourishverb

   to cherish; to comfort

5. Nourishverb

   to educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments

6. Nourishverb

   to promote growth; to furnish nutriment

7. Nourishverb

   to gain nourishment

8. Nourishnoun

   a nurse

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nourish

   nur′ish, v.t. to suckle: to feed or bring up: to support: to help forward growth in any way: to encourage: to cherish: to educate.—adjs. Nour′ishable, able to be nourished.—n. Nour′isher.—adj. Nour′ishing, giving nourishment.—n. Nour′ishment, the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished: that which nourishes: nutriment. [O. Fr. norir (Fr. nourrir)—L. nutrīre, to feed.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nourish

   To provide with a just, fair and sufficient amount of food for living, fairness, justness, inclusion and evolution.

   The information is to nourish the soul and provide specific information to ensure the goal, plan and project success.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

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1. • Feed
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How to say nourish in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nourish in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nourish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of nourish in a Sentence

1. Woodrow Wilson:

   We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

2. Jeffrey Vlaming:

   Dateline Mesopotamia, 3500 B.C. That's when the multi-faceted sounds we call music got its humble beginnings. It seems clappers were sent out the the fields to scare evil spirits away. These clappers started getting into the beat of their duty and, bingo, you got drums. From there, horns, strings, reeds, the whole orchestral gestalt. So, born in staving off death, music continues to nourish us in a variety of forms as different as the colors of the spectrum.

3. Xiao Jie:

   The arrival of tourists will nourish the need for divers and windsurfers.

4. Valery Spiridonov:

   This is ground breaking research and we need a lot of funding. If I can get the right body, I will look after it and nourish it, this could transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Where there is an opportunity there is hope.

5. Adrienne Rich:

   As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid cave; between her legs snakes, swamp-grass, or teeth; on her lap a helpless infant or a martyred son. She exists for one purpose: to bear and nourish the son.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nourish
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nourish
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=nourish
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nourish
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=nourish
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nourish