nourishment
IPA: nˈɝɪʃmʌnt
noun
- The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- Something that nourishes; food
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Examples of "nourishment" in Sentences
- But for some children, getting adequate nourishment is far from simple.
- When we inhale, we are taking information and nourishment from the universe.
- It's like right wingers gain nourishment from hate, bigotry, and intolerance.
- Each may share equally in nourishment, sun, air, water, as long as they “keep their distance.”
- The grievances of the young and the poor, given a little nourishment from the venerable party that had liberated South Africa, grew quickly in volume.
- 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.
- William of Conches describes the "long work" attempted by each fetus in the seventh month, based on the idea that the fetus was extremely active then and would have to rest for another month if its attempt to exit the womb failed. 86 By the seventh month, the fetus was no longer simply the passive recipient of nourishment from the mother's body but actively sought to separate itself from her.
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