1.
[syn: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals]
2. the act of nourishing;
- Example: "her nourishment of the orphans saved many lives"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nourishment \Nour"ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. norrissement.]
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1. The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished;
nutrition.
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2. That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.
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Learn to seek the nourishment of their souls.
--Hooker.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nourishment
n 1: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn:
nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance,
aliment, alimentation, victuals]
2: the act of nourishing; "her nourishment of the orphans saved
many lives"