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- Dictionarynourish/ˈnʌrɪʃ/
verb
- 1. provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition: "I was doing everything I could to nourish and protect the baby" Similar Opposite
- 2. keep (a feeling or belief) in one's mind, typically for a long time: "he has long nourished an ambition to bring the show to Broadway" Similar Opposite
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Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb nourish, which means to promote the growth, development, or well-being of something or someone. Find out how to use nourish in a sentence and how it differs from related words like nurture, foster, and cultivate.
Nourish means to provide people or living things with food or to encourage a feeling, belief, or plan. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts and find related words and phrases in the Cambridge Dictionary.
to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth. to cherish, foster, keep alive, etc.: He had long nourished the dream of living abroad. to strengthen, build up, or promote: to nourish discontent among the workers; to nourish the arts in one's community. Synonyms: advance, back, aid, help, encourage.
Learn the meaning of nourish, a verb that means to provide food or support for someone or something. Find out how to use nourish in different contexts, such as health, skin, feelings, and plants, and see related words and phrases.
Learn the meaning of nourish as a verb, with synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples. Nourish means to provide food or support for life, growth, or health, or to foster or encourage something.
Nourish means to keep someone or something alive and healthy with food, etc., or to allow a feeling, idea, etc. to develop or grow stronger. Learn how to use this verb with pictures, pronunciation, grammar and synonyms.
/ˈnʌrɪʃ/ IPA guide. Other forms: nourished; nourishing; nourishes. When you nourish your imagination or your body, you give it what it needs to stay healthy and flourish (hey, that rhymes!). Whenever you eat a nutritious meal, you nourish your body.
