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# nourish

«nourish» in Mova's school 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/school/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/school/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/school/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

- Healthy food nourishes your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nourish/#x1)
- Compost nourishes the soil in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nourish/#x2)
- The mother bird nourished her chicks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nourish/#x3)
- A warm bowl of soup is very nourishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nourish/#x4)
- Reading nourishes your mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nourish/#x5)
- Rain nourishes the crops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nourish/#x6)
- The children looked happy and well nourished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nourish/#x7)
- 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/school/N/nourish/#x8)

### 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/school/N/nourish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.