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nourish 音标拼音: [n'ɚɪʃ] vt. 提供营养,给养,养育 提供营养,给养,养育 nourish v 1: provide with nourishment; " We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; " This kind of food is not nourishing for young children" [ synonym: { nourish}, { nurture}, { sustain}] 2: give nourishment to [ synonym: { nutrify}, { aliment}, { nourish}] Nourish \ Nour" ish\, v. i. 1. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment. [ 1913 Webster] Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To gain nourishment. [ R.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster]
Nourish \ Nour" ish\ ( n[ u^] r"[ i^] sh), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Nourished} ( n[ u^] r"[ i^] sht); p. pr. & vb. n. { Nourishing}.] [ OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F. nourrir, fr. L. nutrire. Cf. { Nurse}, { Nutriment}, and see {- ish}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. [ 1913 Webster] He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. -- Is. xliv. 14. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To support; to maintain. [ 1913 Webster] Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. " Nourish their contentions." -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To cherish; to comfort. [ 1913 Webster] Ye have nourished your hearts. -- James v. 5. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Nourished up in the words of faith. -- 1 Tim. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To cherish; feed; supply. See { Nurture}. [ 1913 Webster]
Nourish \ Nour" ish\, n. A nurse. [ Obs.] -- Hoolland. [ 1913 Webster] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " nourish": abet, advance, aid, aid and abet, aliment, ask for, breast- feed, care for, cherish, coddle, cosset, countenance, cradle, cultivate, dry- nurse, encourage, fatten, fatten up, feed, fondle, force- feed, fortify, foster, give encouragement, harbor, help, invite, keep, keep in countenance, lactate, lavish care on, look after, maintain, mother, nurse, nurture, nutrify, pamper, promote, provide for, spoon- feed, stimulate, strengthen, stuff, suckle, support, sustain, take care of, wet- nurse
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