Nourish word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "nourish" word

[verb] provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
[verb] give nourishment to

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\Nour"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nourished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nourishing}.] [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. A nurse. [Obs.] --Hoolland.

Synonyms for nourish

aliment, nurture, nutrify, sustain

Related terms: abet, advance, aid, aid and abet, aliment, ask for, breast-feed, care for, cherish, coddle, cosset, countenance, cradle, cultivate, dry-nurse, encourage, fatten, fatten up, feed, fondle, force-feed, fortify, foster, give encouragement, harbor, help, invite, keep, keep in countenance, lactate, lavish care on, look after, maintain, mother, nurse, nurture, nutrify, pamper, promote, provide for, spoon-feed, stimulate, strengthen, stuff, suckle, support, sustain, take care of, wet-nurse

The fun area, different aproach to word »nourish«

Let's analyse "nourish" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: HSIRUON. Average typing speed for these characters is 1885 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -. --- ..- .-. .. ... ....

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: nourish: 6 + 3 + 9 = 18, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: nourish: 5 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 9 + 1 + 8 = 41, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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