nourish
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 →
2) To help a feeling, idea or skill grow: books nourish the imagination. tree →
3) (formal) To keep a hope or belief for a long time. tree →
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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- Healthy food nourishes your body. tree →
- Compost nourishes the soil in the garden. tree →
- The mother bird nourished her chicks. tree →
- A warm bowl of soup is very nourishing. tree →
- Reading nourishes your mind. tree →
- Rain nourishes the crops. tree →
- The children looked happy and well nourished. tree →
- A HEN finding the eggs of a viper and carefully keeping them warm, nourished them into life. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.