Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of nourishing.
- noun The state of being nourished.
- noun Something that nourishes; food.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fluid applied to glazed leather to make it pliable and prevent it from hardening.
- noun The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.
- noun That which, taken into the system, serves to nourish; food; sustenance; nutriment.
- noun Figuratively, that which promotes growth or development of any kind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.
- noun That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act of
nourishing or the state of beingnourished - noun something that
nourishes ;food
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of nourishing
- noun a source of materials to nourish the body
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Examples
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The term nourishment manifestly includes quite a number of separate factors, as light, space, temperature, moisture, the physical and chemical conditions of the soil and the changes of the weather.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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When we inhale, we are taking information and nourishment from the universe.
Dr. Isaac Eliaz: What Are You Feeling?: The Journey to Self Awareness Dr. Isaac Eliaz 2010
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The grievances of the young and the poor, given a little nourishment from the venerable party that had liberated South Africa, grew quickly in volume.
Jacob’s Ladder 2009
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The grievances of the young and the poor, given a little nourishment from the venerable party that had liberated South Africa, grew quickly in volume.
Jacob’s Ladder 2009
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Each may share equally in nourishment, sun, air, water, as long as they “keep their distance.”
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But for some children, getting adequate nourishment is far from simple.
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When we inhale, we are taking information and nourishment from the universe.
Dr. Isaac Eliaz: What Are You Feeling?: The Journey to Self Awareness Dr. Isaac Eliaz 2010
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But for some children, getting adequate nourishment is far from simple.
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It's like right wingers gain nourishment from hate, bigotry, and intolerance.
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William of Conches describes the "long work" attempted by each fetus in the seventh month, based on the idea that the fetus was extremely active then and would have to rest for another month if its attempt to exit the womb failed. 86 By the seventh month, the fetus was no longer simply the passive recipient of nourishment from the mother's body but actively sought to separate itself from her.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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