Nourishment

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of nourishing.
  • noun. The state of being nourished.
  • noun. Something that nourishes; food.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • noun. something that nourishes; food
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "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."
    Hypernym
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    aid  attention  care  tending  
    Same Context
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    TLC  aliment  alimentation  bread  care