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nourish
Overview of verb nourish
The verb nourish has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) nourish, nurture, sustain -- (provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children")
2. (1) nutrify, aliment, nourish -- (give nourishment to)
Grep of noun nourish
nourishment
Antonyms of verb nourish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb nourish
2 senses of nourish
Sense 1
nourish, nurture, sustain
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 2
nutrify, aliment, nourish
=> feed, give
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> give
=> transfer
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb nourish
1 of 2 senses of nourish
Sense 1
nourish, nurture, sustain
=> carry
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb nourish
2 senses of nourish
Sense 1
nourish, nurture, sustain
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
Sense 2
nutrify, aliment, nourish
=> feed, give
'Cause To' of verb nourish
Derived Forms of verb nourish
2 senses of nourish
Sense 1
nourish, nurture, sustain
RELATED TO>(adj) nutrient#1
=> alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive
RELATED TO>(noun) nourishment#1
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
Sense 2
nutrify, aliment, nourish
RELATED TO>(adj) nutrient#1
=> alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive
RELATED TO>(noun) nourishment#2
=> nourishment
Domain of verb nourish
Domain Terms of verb nourish
Familiarity of verb nourish
nourish used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb nourish
2 senses of nourish
Sense 1
nourish, nurture, sustain
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
nutrify, aliment, nourish
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb nourish
2 senses of nourish
Sense 1
nourish, nurture, sustain
> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> staff
=> drench
=> regale, treat
=> board
=> feed, give
=> feed
=> serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish
=> cater
=> pander, pimp, procure
=> serve, help
=> power
=> feed
=> gratify, pander, indulge
=> underlay
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
=> horse
=> shower
=> accommodate
=> nourish, nurture, sustain
=> fix up
=> gutter
Sense 2
nutrify, aliment, nourish
> feed, give
=> dine
=> scavenge
=> fodder
=> slop, swill
=> regurgitate
=> corn
=> undernourish, malnourish
=> overfeed
=> spoonfeed
=> force-feed
=> lunch
=> breakfast
=> breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
=> bottlefeed
=> inject
=> nutrify, aliment, nourish
=> range
=> crop, graze, pasture
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb nourish
Sense 1
nourish, nurture, sustain
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
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Sense 2
nutrify, aliment, nourish
=> feed, give
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Grep of verb nourish
malnourish
nourish
undernourish
Grep of adj nourish
nourished
nourishing
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