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# nourish

«nourish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To give a person, animal or plant the food it needs to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (nourish, nourishes, nourished, nourishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To give a person, animal or plant the food it needs to live, grow and stay healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#m1)

2) To help a feeling, idea or skill grow: books nourish the imagination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#m2)

3) (formal) To keep a hope or belief for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, food nourishes the body; soil nourishes plants. «Nourishing» meals are healthy ones. In stories, kindness or reading «nourishes» a character. Phrases: well nourished, nourishing food, nourish the soil.

### examples

- 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. (Prophets EZK.31.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x1)
- 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. (Prophets ISA.44.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x2)
- 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.' (Writings RUT.4.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x3)
- Healthy food nourishes your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x4)
- Compost nourishes the soil in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x5)
- The mother bird nourished her chicks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x6)
- A warm bowl of soup is very nourishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x7)
- Reading nourishes your mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x8)
- Rain nourishes the crops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x9)
- The children looked happy and well nourished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x10)
- A HEN finding the eggs of a viper and carefully keeping them warm, nourished them into life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x11)

### note

Regular verb: nourished, nourishing (add -es: nourishes). Noun: nourishment. Opposite: starve; «malnourished» = not getting enough good food. Spelling: n-o-u-r.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nourish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.