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
- verb To give food to a person or animal.
- verb To supply material into a machine or process.
- noun Food given to farm animals or pets.
- noun A continuously updated stream of online content, such as posts from social media.
foster — full definition
- verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
- verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
- adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.