NOURISH

nourish, nurture, sustain

(verb) provide with nourishment; “We sustained ourselves on bread and water”; “This kind of food is not nourishing for young children”

nutrify, aliment, nourish

(verb) give nourishment to

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

nourish (plural nourishes)

(obsolete) A nurse.

Verb

nourish (third-person singular simple present nourishes, present participle nourishing, simple past and past participle nourished)

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

To support; to maintain.

To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster

To cherish; to comfort.

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

To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.

(intransitive, obsolete) To gain nourishment.

Source: Wiktionary

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Nour"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nourished; p. pr. & vb. n. Nourishing.] Etym: [OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F. norrir, fr. L. nutrire. Cf. Nurse, Nutriment, and see -ish.]

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." Hooker.

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. Chaucer. Nourished up in the words of faith. 1 Tim. iv. 6.

Syn.

– To cherish; feed; supply. See Nurture.

Nour"ish, v. i.

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

2. To gain nourishment. [R.] Bacon.

Nour"ish, n.

Definition: A nurse. [Obs.] Hoolland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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