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- Dictionarynourishing/ˈnʌrɪʃɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of food) containing substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition: "a simple but nourishing meal"
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NOURISHING definition: 1. A nourishing drink or food makes you healthy and strong: 2. A nourishing drink or food makes…. Learn more.
: giving nourishment : nutritious. Synonyms. nutrient. nutritional. nutritious. nutritive. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of nourishing in a Sentence. milk should be part of a nourishing breakfast.
Nourishing definition: promoting or sustaining life, growth, or strength. See examples of NOURISHING used in a sentence.
1. : nurture, rear. … to save my boy, to nourish and bring him up … Shakespeare. 2. : to promote the growth of. no occasions to exercise the feelings nor nourish passion L. O. Coxe. nourished soccer as a sport in this country. needed to nourish his spiritual life. 3. a. : to furnish or sustain with nutriment : feed.
to provide people or living things with food in order to make them grow and keep them healthy: Children need plenty of good fresh food to nourish them. She looks happy and well nourished. This cream is supposed to help nourish your skin. formal. If you nourish a feeling, belief, or plan, you think about it a lot and encourage it:
nourishing (to something) (formal) allowing a feeling, an idea, etc. to develop or grow stronger. The environment was nourishing to the young girl’s developing personality.
to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth. to cherish, foster, keep alive, etc.: He had long nourished the dream of living abroad. to strengthen, build up, or promote: to nourish discontent among the workers; to nourish the arts in one's community. Synonyms: advance, back, aid, help, encourage.
1. To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed. 2. To foster the development of; promote: "Athens was an imperial city, nourished by the tribute of subjects" (V. Gordon Childe). 3. To keep alive; maintain: nourish a hope.
To nourish something such as a feeling or belief means to allow or encourage it to grow. Journalists on the whole don't create public opinion. They can help to nourish it. [VERB noun] ...a current of thought which has been nourished by historical tradition. [VERB noun] Synonyms: encourage, support, maintain, promote More Synonyms of nourish. 3.
Definitions of nourishing. adjective. of or providing nourishment. “good nourishing stew”. synonyms: alimental, alimentary, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive. wholesome. conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being.
