nourish

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To give a person, animal, or plant the food it needs to live and grow.

   A healthy diet nourishes the body and keeps you strong.

2. 2
   verb

   To keep a feeling, idea, or hope alive and help it grow.

   She nourished the dream of becoming a doctor for many years.

From Middle English norischen, from Old French nouriss-, stem of one of the conjugated forms of norrir, from Latin nutriō (“to suckle, feed, foster, nourish, cherish, preserve, support”).

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