NOURISH


Meaning of NOURISH in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

nourishing/nutritious (= making you strong and healthy )

The food was nourishing but not particularly tasty.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

well

The need for better food Patients recover quickly if they are well nourished .

All subjects were well nourished according to previously described criteria.

Mrs Fellows is well nourished and well hydrated before she has surgery.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The Bill of Rights nourishes our freedom.

The roses bloom into November, nourished by lots of rain.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A poorly nourished woman becomes small and thin.

He nourished the same attitude in others.

Plant detritus if available is sufficient, but if necessary it can also be nourished by liquid fertiliser.

Thus the neurons are not properly nourished.

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