nourish

3 definitions • 4 examples

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.

If you nourish a feeling, belief, or plan, you think about it a lot and encourage it:

Lisa has long nourished the hope of becoming a famous writer.

to provide people or animals with food in order to make them grow and keep them healthy