nourish
To give someone or something enough good food to grow and be healthy.
To give a person, animal, or plant the food and nutrients it needs to live, grow, and stay healthy.
To help something grow stronger by giving it time, attention, or support.
To encourage something such as an idea, skill, feeling, or relationship to develop by giving it attention, care, or resources.
To make something healthier by giving it what it needs (like moisture or nutrients).
To keep something in good condition by supplying what it needs, especially moisture or nutrients (for example, skin, hair, or soil).
To make someone feel happier, stronger, or more fulfilled inside.
To make someone feel emotionally, intellectually, or spiritually strengthened and satisfied.
- Base: nourish
- 3rd Person Singular: nourishes
- Present Participle: nourishing
- Past: nourished
nourish (someone) back to health
1help someone recover with food
To help someone get well again by giving them nutritious food.
- Her family nourished her back to health after the operation.
- It took weeks to nourish the rescued dog back to health.
- The clinic focuses on nourishing malnourished children back to health.
- The soup helped nourish him back to health.
nourish a grudge
1keep resentment alive
To keep feeling angry about the past for a long time.
- He still nourishes a grudge against his former boss.
- Try not to nourish a grudge over one careless comment.
- Years later, she was surprised to learn he had been nourishing a grudge.
- Don’t nourish a grudge.
- He nourishes a grudge against his neighbor.