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Definition of Nourish
1. Verb. Provide with nourishment. "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
Generic synonyms: Cater, Ply, Provide, Supply
Specialized synonyms: Carry
Derivative terms: Nourishment, Nutrient, Nurturance, Sustainable, Sustainment, Sustenance
2. Verb. Give nourishment to.
Generic synonyms: Feed, Give
Derivative terms: Aliment, Alimentation, Alimentation, Alimentative, Nourishment, Nutrient, Nutrient, Nutrition
Definition of Nourish
1. v. t. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
2. v. i. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
3. n. A nurse.
Definition of Nourish
1. Noun. (obsolete) A nurse. ¹
2. Verb. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. ¹
3. Verb. To support; to maintain. ¹
4. Verb. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. ¹
5. Verb. To cherish; to comfort. ¹
6. Verb. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. ¹
7. Verb. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment. ¹
8. Verb. To gain nourishment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nourish
1. to sustain with food [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Nourish
1. 1. 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." (Is. Xliv. 14) 2. To support; to maintain. "Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band." (Shak) 3. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. "Nourish their contentions." 4. To cherish; to comfort. "Ye have nourished your hearts." (James v. 5) 5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. "Nourished up in the words of faith." (1 Tim. Iv. 6) Synonym: To cherish, feed, supply. See Nurture. Origin: OE. Norisen, norischen, OF. Nurir, nurrir, norir, F. Norrir, fr. L. Nutrire. Cf. Nurse, Nutriment, and see -ish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nourish
Literary usage of Nourish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Shepard: First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge by Thomas Shepard (1853)
"There is efficacy in the word when it hath begotten a man to nourish him up; and
so the word it is food to him, that was ". seed to him to beget him, ..."
2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1890)
"An attempt to nourish the dying feudalism by an artificial process, — giving of
liveries. superiority of the armored host thus organized to every other ..."
3. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"The queen beheld him as his head he rear'd ; 130 And envied ev'ry leap he gave
the herd A secret fire she nourish'd in her breast. And hated ev'ry heifer he ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"To nourish ; to cherish. There's not a thane of them but in his house I have a
servant feed. .... nourish ..."
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