nourish meaning
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[ˈnʌɹ.ᵻʃ] [ˈnɝ.ᵻʃ] [ˈnʊɹ.ᵻʃ] - NounPLnourishesSUF-ish
- VerbSGnourishesPRnourishingPT, PPnourished
- To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
- To support; to maintain.
- To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
- To cherish; to comfort.
- To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
- To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To gain nourishment.
- To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Mrs. Kenwigs was horror-stricken to think that she should ever have nourished in her bosom such a snake, adder, viper, serpent, and base crocodile, as Henrietta Petowker.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of nourish in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
- en nourishment
- en nourishing
- en nourisht
- en nourishes
- en nourished
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "nourish" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.