Associations to the word «Nourished»
Noun
- Drink
- Harvest
- Shrub
- Birth
- Creature
- Taste
- Wisdom
- Cord
- Growth
- Cavity
- Fungus
- Odor
- Nay
- Him
- Charity
- Mother
- Mankind
- Delight
- Rain
- Conscience
- Flower
- Belief
- Sand
- Cell
- Produce
- Civilization
- Vine
- Ideal
- Blessing
- Feeling
- Ancient
- Tendency
- Glacier
- Support
- Mind
- Prayer
- Fed
- Folly
- Goddess
- Nurse
- Phrase
- Flow
- Suspicion
- Heaven
- Nerve
- Planet
- Sigh
- Embrace
- Dead
- God
- Liquid
- Life
- Nile
- Beast
- Shed
- Soup
- Diet
- Dig
- Beauty
- Fail
- Grief
- Bone
- Sun
- Water
- Glory
- Christ
Adjective
Wiktionary
NOURISH, noun. (obsolete) A nurse.
NOURISH, verb. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
NOURISH, verb. To support; to maintain.
NOURISH, verb. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
NOURISH, verb. To cherish; to comfort.
NOURISH, verb. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
NOURISH, verb. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
NOURISH, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To gain nourishment.
Dictionary definition
NOURISH, verb. Provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children".
NOURISH, verb. Give nourishment to.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.