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# nourish

verb (nourish, nourishes, nourished, nourishing)

«nourish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To give a person, animal or plant the food it needs to live, grow and stay healthy. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nourish/#m3)

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

## In Jewish tradition

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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nourish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nourish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «nourish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nourish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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