nourishing
part of speech
adjective (nourishing, more nourishing, most nourishing); verb form (nourish, nourishes, nourished, nourishing)
meaning for a pupil
1) (of food) Full of the things your body needs to grow and stay healthy. tree →
2) (verb form) Giving food or care that helps something grow. tree →
3) Good for your mind or feelings (a nourishing book). tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and science lessons: a balanced, nourishing meal has vegetables, protein and whole grains. In everyday life: nourishing soup when you are ill. Phrases: nourishing food, a nourishing meal.
examples
- Vegetable soup is warm and nourishing. tree →
- Mum makes nourishing meals for us. tree →
- Sweets taste nice but are not very nourishing. tree →
- The rain is nourishing the young plants. tree →
- A nourishing breakfast helps you think at school. tree →
- Milk is nourishing for growing bones. tree →
- Every morning the Princesses went to their mother's grave, and found the little tank filled with the nourishing cream-like cake. tree →
note
Adjective from "nourish". Spelling: n-o-u-r-i-s-h, with "ou" as in "your". Similar: nutritious, healthy, wholesome. Opposite: unhealthy, junk (food).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «nourishing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.