--- title: N — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 17 description: The 369 words of the English dictionary under N, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / N # N — The English dictionary · page 17 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) **notebook** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A notebook is a small book with empty pages for writing.[↗](../../notebook/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A notebook is also a small, light laptop computer.[↗](../../notebook/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A notebook costs 2 dollars.[↗](../../notebook/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She bought 5 notebooks.[↗](../../notebook/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each notebook has 80 pages.[↗](../../notebook/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many notebooks can he buy with 12 dollars?[↗](../../notebook/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write your observations in your science notebook.[↗](../../notebook/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He keeps a notebook of bird sightings.[↗](../../notebook/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Open your notebooks to a new page.[↗](../../notebook/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective found a clue in the old notebook.[↗](../../notebook/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **noteworthy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Worth noticing or remembering; important or interesting.[↗](../../noteworthy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is a noteworthy tale because it is so old.[↗](../../noteworthy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her quick thinking was noteworthy.[↗](../../noteworthy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The noteworthy part of the book is the ending.[↗](../../noteworthy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **nothing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nothing means not anything at all.[↗](../../nothing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* There is nothing in the box.[↗](../../nothing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Nothing can mean zero, no amount.[↗](../../nothing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Five take away five leaves nothing.[↗](../../nothing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «For nothing» means free, or with no result.[↗](../../nothing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Student: nothing[↗](../../nothing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the sale there was nothing left on the shelf.[↗](../../nothing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Five take away five leaves nothing.[↗](../../nothing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There is nothing in my pocket.[↗](../../nothing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I have nothing to do; I'm bored.[↗](../../nothing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «What's wrong?»[↗](../../nothing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") «Nothing.»[↗](../../nothing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You get this sticker for nothing.[↗](../../nothing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing can stop us now\![↗](../../nothing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There's nothing the matter with me.[↗](../../nothing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.'[↗](../../nothing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nothing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.[↗](../../nothing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nothing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.[↗](../../nothing/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nothing/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.[↗](../../nothing/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.10.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nothing/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.[↗](../../nothing/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.9.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nothing/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samuel told him all the words, and hid nothing from him.[↗](../../nothing/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.3.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nothing/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **nothingness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The state of being nothing; not existing.[↗](../../nothingness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Non-existent ; the word is AIN, nothingness.[↗](../../nothingness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../nothingness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And from Nothingness did He make something, and all forms of speech and every created thing, and from the empty void He made the solid earth, and from the non-existent He brought forth Life.[↗](../../nothingness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../nothingness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **notice** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To see, hear or become aware of something.[↗](../../notice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Did you notice the new sign?"[↗](../../notice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As a noun, a written sign or message giving information.[↗](../../notice/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a notice on the board".[↗](../../notice/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a noun, a warning given in advance.[↗](../../notice/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "at short notice".[↗](../../notice/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Attention.[↗](../../notice/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "take no notice".[↗](../../notice/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Did you notice the cat outside?[↗](../../notice/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I noticed my pencil was missing.[↗](../../notice/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the notice on the door.[↗](../../notice/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Take no notice of mean comments.[↗](../../notice/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists notice patterns.[↗](../../notice/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Notice the signs at the pool.[↗](../../notice/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The school closed at short notice.[↗](../../notice/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody noticed the rain had stopped.[↗](../../notice/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But St. George took no notice.[↗](../../notice/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned at sacred-texts.com, September 2005.[↗](../../notice/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../notice/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Other positive historical notices are those of Saadjah Gaon, who died a.d.[↗](../../notice/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") 940, and Judah Halevi, a.d.[↗](../../notice/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") 1150 ; (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../notice/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies.[↗](../../notice/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../notice/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; whatsoever the king did, pleased all the people.[↗](../../notice/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.3.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../notice/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **noticeable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Noticeable means easy to see, hear or notice.[↗](../../noticeable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A noticeable change is big enough for people to notice.[↗](../../noticeable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a noticeable change in the weather.[↗](../../noticeable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her new glasses are very noticeable.[↗](../../noticeable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant made noticeable growth in a week.[↗](../../noticeable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The scratch is barely noticeable.[↗](../../noticeable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a noticeable smell of gas; open a window.[↗](../../noticeable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His accent was noticeable when he spoke.[↗](../../noticeable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As he went on digging a foul smell was noticeable, and he at last came upon a refuse heap.[↗](../../noticeable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **noticeably** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that is easy to see, hear or notice.[↗](../../noticeably/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The days are noticeably shorter in winter.[↗](../../noticeably/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was noticeably taller after the summer.[↗](../../noticeably/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The class was noticeably quieter after the warning.[↗](../../noticeably/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant in sunlight grew noticeably faster.[↗](../../noticeably/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was noticeably nervous before his speech.[↗](../../noticeably/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's noticeably colder today.[↗](../../noticeably/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My handwriting has noticeably improved.[↗](../../noticeably/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **notification** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A message or alert on a phone, tablet or computer telling you that something has happened: a new message, a like, an update.[↗](../../notification/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) The act of officially telling someone about something, or the letter that does this.[↗](../../notification/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My tablet keeps pinging with notifications.[↗](../../notification/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn off notifications before you start your homework.[↗](../../notification/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I got a notification that my game had updated.[↗](../../notification/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Parents received a notification about the school trip.[↗](../../notification/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The library sent a notification that my book was overdue.[↗](../../notification/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She has fifty unread notifications.[↗](../../notification/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never tap a notification that asks for your password.[↗](../../notification/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **notify** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To officially tell someone about something, often in writing (notify the school, notify the police).[↗](../../notify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please notify the office if you are going to be absent.[↗](../../notify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The app will notify you when a message arrives.[↗](../../notify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We were notified that school was closed because of snow.[↗](../../notify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Notify a teacher if you see a stranger in school.[↗](../../notify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Parents are notified of the results by letter.[↗](../../notify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank notified Dad about a strange payment.[↗](../../notify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **notion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An idea or belief about something, often a vague or mistaken one: «I had a notion that school started at nine».[↗](../../notion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sudden wish or impulse to do something: «She took a notion to paint her room purple».[↗](../../notion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US) Notions: small sewing items like buttons, pins and thread.[↗](../../notion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths/science, formal) A basic idea or concept: the notion of a number.[↗](../../notion/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To have no notion of doing something means not to want to do it, or not to think of doing it at all.[↗](../../notion/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a notion that the shop was closed on Sundays.[↗](../../notion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She hadn't the faintest notion what to do.[↗](../../notion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Where did you get the silly notion that carrots let you see in the dark?[↗](../../notion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The notion of fairness is important in our class rules.[↗](../../notion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran took a notion to go swimming in the sea.[↗](../../notion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, the notion of zero took people a long time to invent.[↗](../../notion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sewing shop sells buttons, ribbons and other notions.[↗](../../notion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../notion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **notional** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Existing only as an idea or estimate, not real or exact, as in "a notional sum".[↗](../../notional/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Based on theory, not on facts or practice.[↗](../../notional/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each player gets a notional £100 in the game to spend.[↗](../../notional/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The price is only notional; nobody has really paid it.[↗](../../notional/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rent was a notional one pound a year.[↗](../../notional/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The map uses a notional line to divide the zones.[↗](../../notional/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We worked out a notional budget for our class party.[↗](../../notional/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The equator is a notional line round the Earth.[↗](../../notional/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **notorious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Famous for something bad: a notorious thief.[↗](../../notorious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Well known for an annoying or dangerous quality: this road is notorious for accidents.[↗](../../notorious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pirate was notorious for his cruelty.[↗](../../notorious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This bend is notorious for accidents.[↗](../../notorious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother is notorious for eating all the biscuits.[↗](../../notorious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The notorious robber was finally caught.[↗](../../notorious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The island is notorious for its storms.[↗](../../notorious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That exam is notoriously hard.[↗](../../notorious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle had a notorious dungeon.[↗](../../notorious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Soon afterwards the oxen of the king were stolen by the notorious thief Autolycus, and Heracles was suspected by Eurytus of having committed the theft.[↗](../../notorious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **notwithstanding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) In spite of; even though something is true (notwithstanding the rain = in spite of the rain).[↗](../../notwithstanding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adverb, formal) However; all the same.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Notwithstanding the rain, the match went ahead (formal).[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The trip was a success, notwithstanding a few problems.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding his injury, he finished the race.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rule applies to everyone, notwithstanding age.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was expensive; it was, notwithstanding, worth it.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding the fact that she was tired, she helped us.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In vain they drove them away with a myrtle branch, the flies stung them notwithstanding.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.26.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his money.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.26.55, JPS 1917)[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.24.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../notwithstanding/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **nougat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sweet made of sugar or honey, egg whites and nuts, either white and chewy or brown and crunchy.[↗](../../nougat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma brought back nougat from France.[↗](../../nougat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This chocolate bar has a chewy nougat centre.[↗](../../nougat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nougat is sticky, so brush your teeth after eating it.[↗](../../nougat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The white nougat was full of almonds and pistachios.[↗](../../nougat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought a slab of nougat at the Christmas market.[↗](../../nougat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much nougat is bad for your teeth.[↗](../../nougat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **nought** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) The number zero, 0.[↗](../../nought/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literary) Nothing (more often spelled "naught").[↗](../../nought/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Nothing; in the texts it means no part, or nothing at all.[↗](../../nought/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write a nought in the units column.[↗](../../nought/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nought point five is the same as a half.[↗](../../nought/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's play noughts and crosses.[↗](../../nought/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature fell to nought degrees.[↗](../../nought/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A million has six noughts.[↗](../../nought/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Anything multiplied by nought is nought.[↗](../../nought/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The score was three–nought.[↗](../../nought/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (UK sport usually says "three–nil")[↗](../../nought/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She saw nought the first day.[↗](../../nought/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'[↗](../../nought/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nought/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' — (Torah NUM.11.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nought/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?'[↗](../../nought/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nought/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger?[↗](../../nought/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.35.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nought/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'Doth Job fear God for nought?[↗](../../nought/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.1.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nought/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · All Thy commandments are faithful; they persecute me for nought; help Thou me.[↗](../../nought/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.86, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nought/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'[↗](../../nought/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.11, JPS 1917) · She saw nought the first day.[↗](../../nought/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (More English Fairy Tales) · but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' —[↗](../../nought/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.6, JPS 1917) **noun** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea, like «girl», «London», «ball» or «happiness».[↗](../../noun/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A proper noun is the special name of one person, place or thing and starts with a capital letter, like «Emma» or «Canada».[↗](../../noun/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A common noun is a general name, like «dog» or «city», and has no capital unless it starts a sentence.[↗](../../noun/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Cat» is a noun because it names an animal.[↗](../../noun/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Paris» is a proper noun, so it needs a capital letter.[↗](../../noun/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Find all the nouns in this sentence.[↗](../../noun/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Love» and «fear» are abstract nouns.[↗](../../noun/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Flock» is a collective noun for a group of birds or sheep.[↗](../../noun/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Add «s» to most nouns to make the plural: «book, books».[↗](../../noun/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In «The old man smiled», the noun is «man».[↗](../../noun/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My teacher calls nouns «naming words».[↗](../../noun/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The word סָפַר safar is technically a finite verb, and not a noun as the syntax requires.[↗](../../noun/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../noun/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The word sefirot by itself is the plural action noun of סָפַר safar 'to count', thus meaning literally 'countings'.[↗](../../noun/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../noun/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If it is read as one word, it must be the action noun of בָּלַם balam 'to restrain, withhold, keep (from)'; see SY 1:8.[↗](../../noun/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../noun/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **nourish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To give a person, animal or plant the food it needs to live, grow and stay healthy.[↗](../../nourish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To help a feeling, idea or skill grow: books nourish the imagination.[↗](../../nourish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To keep a hope or belief for a long time.[↗](../../nourish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Healthy food nourishes your body.[↗](../../nourish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Compost nourishes the soil in the garden.[↗](../../nourish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mother bird nourished her chicks.[↗](../../nourish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A warm bowl of soup is very nourishing.[↗](../../nourish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading nourishes your mind.[↗](../../nourish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain nourishes the crops.[↗](../../nourish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The children looked happy and well nourished.[↗](../../nourish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A HEN finding the eggs of a viper and carefully keeping them warm, nourished them into life.[↗](../../nourish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow; her rivers ran round about her plantation, and she sent out her conduits unto all the trees of the field.[↗](../../nourish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.31.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nourish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the ilex and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest; he planteth a bay-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.[↗](../../nourish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.44.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nourish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.'[↗](../../nourish/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.4.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nourish/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/16/) **17** [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/19/) [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) - ← previous: [page 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/16/) - next →: [page 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