Nourish

Noun

 * 1)  A nurse.

Verb

 * 1) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
 * 2) To support; to maintain.
 * 3) To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
 * 4) To cherish; to comfort.
 * 5) To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
 * 6) To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
 * 7) To gain nourishment.

Derived terms

 * nourishment

Related terms

 * nurse
 * nutriment
 * nutrition

Adverbs for Nourish
beneficially; healthfully; maternally; affectionately;  sympathetically;   substantially; spiritually.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From <  norrir: <  nutrire:.

Translations

 * Armenian:, սնուցել
 * French:
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 * Latin:


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: nutri
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 * Turkish: