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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or providing nourishment;
- Example: "good nourishing stew"
[syn: alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nourish \Nour"ish\ (n[u^]r"[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nourished (n[u^]r"[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Nourishing.] [OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F. nourrir, fr. L. nutrire. Cf. Nurse, Nutriment, and see -ish.] [1913 Webster] 1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. [1913 Webster] He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. --Is. xliv. 14. [1913 Webster] 2. To support; to maintain. [1913 Webster] Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. "Nourish their contentions." --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 4. To cherish; to comfort. [1913 Webster] Ye have nourished your hearts. --James v. 5. [1913 Webster] 5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Nourished up in the words of faith. --1 Tim. iv. 6. [1913 Webster] Syn: To cherish; feed; supply. See Nurture. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nourishing \Nour"ish*ing\, a. Promoting growth; nutritious. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nourishing adj 1: of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "nourishing": alimental, alimentary, assimilable, cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, commensal, dietetic, digestible, dining, eating, feeding, flesh-eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous, grain-eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grass-eating, herbivorous, insect-eating, insectivorous, lactovegetarian, man-eating, meat-eating, mensal, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive, omnivorous, omophagous, pantophagous, phytivorous, phytophagous, plant-eating, postprandial, prandial, predacious, preprandial, vegetable-eating, vegetarian