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nutrire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • feed verb To give food to a person or animal.
  • foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  • nourish verb To feed something so it grows and stays healthy.
  • nurse noun A person trained to care for the sick or injured, typically working under a doctor.
  • nurture noun Care and encouragement given to help someone or something grow and develop.

Senses

nutrire is used for these senses in English:

  • feed (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
  • feed (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
  • foster (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
  • nourish (transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
  • nurse (transitive, figuratively) To cultivate or persistently entertain (an attitude, usually negative) in one's mind; to brood or obsess over.
  • nurture To nourish or nurse.

feed — full definition

  1. verb To give food to a person or animal.
  2. verb To supply material into a machine or process.
  3. noun Food given to farm animals or pets.
  4. noun A continuously updated stream of online content, such as posts from social media.

foster — full definition

  1. verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  2. verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
  3. adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.

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