nourish

Plural: nourishes

Verb

Verb Forms: nourished, nourishing, nourishes

To provide with the food or other substances necessary for life and growth.
provide with nourishment
- "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
give nourishment to
To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.
To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
To cherish; to comfort.
To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
To gain nourishment.

Noun

A nurse.

Examples

He hoped to NOURISH his vocabulary by studying new word lists for Words With Friends.
This type of nourishes very well.
to nourish a sense of self-worth
to nourish civility

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

aliment, nurture, nutrify, sustain

Scrabble Score: 10

nourish: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
nourish: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nourish: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

nourish: valid Words With Friends Word