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/nˈərɪʃɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Nourish v. t. (past & past part. nourished; pres. part. nourishing)

To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. "He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it."

To support; to maintain. "Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band."

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

To cherish; to comfort. "Ye have nourished your hearts."

To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. "Nourished up in the words of faith."

Synonyms: To cherish; feed; supply. See Nurture.

Nourish v. i.

To promote growth; to furnish nutriment. "Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves."

To gain nourishment. (R.)

adjective

Nourishing adj. Promoting growth; nutritious.

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"Nourishing" Quotes from Famous Books

... understood here that we shall want to be taken the greatest care of this summer, and to be fed on nourishing meats. Several new dishes have been rehearsed and have come out very well. I have met with what they call in the City "a parcel" of the celebrated 1846 champagne. It is a very fine wine, and calculated to do us good ...

— The Letters of Charles Dickens - Vol. 1 (of 3), 1833-1856 • Charles Dickens

... attention is strangely affected by the fate of the green branch which he heard the bullet sever, and, as he sees it come wavering to the ground, he cannot resist the fancy that he beholds an emblem of his own ruin—a symbol of his future self—a living thing cut off from its nourishing stock as he was destined to be from a nation's sympathy ...

— A Dream of Empire - Or, The House of Blennerhassett • William Henry Venable

... tending to it—this cultivation of the growing desire. We have thought it well to give this word of warning because it will throw light upon many things that may have perplexed you, and because it may serve to call your attention to certain growing weeds of the mind that you have been nourishing. ...

— A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga • Yogi Ramacharaka

... Captain Llewellen, Captain Day, and Lieutenant McIlhenny. I could readily produce a hundred letters on the lines of the last three. In actual medical supplies, we had plenty of quinine and cathartics. We were apt to be short on other medicines, and we had nothing whatever in the way of proper nourishing food for our sick and wounded men during most of the time, except what we were able to get from the Red Cross or purchase with our own money. We had no hospital tent at all until I was able to get a couple of tarpaulins. During much of the time my own fly was used for the purpose. We ...

— Rough Riders • Theodore Roosevelt

... horn for dinner, he groped his way into his cellar, anticipating his humble, but warm and nourishing meal; when, lo! instead of being cheered by the sight and odor of fresh-baked bread and the savory apples, his cellar seemed more cheerless than usual, and at first neither sight nor sound met eye or ear. But, ...

— The Narrative of Sojourner Truth • Sojourner Truth

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