{
    "term": "nourish",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "nourish",
            "heSheIt": "nourishes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "nourished",
        "pastParticiple": "nourished",
        "ingForm": "nourishing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to keep a person, an animal or a plant alive and healthy with food, etc.",
            "sensetop": "nourish somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All the children were well nourished and in good physical condition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most plants are nourished by water drawn up through their roots."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lotion containing almond extract to nourish and revitalize the skin"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "phrases": ["properly nourished", "well nourished"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to allow a feeling, an idea, etc. to develop or grow stronger",
            "sensetop": "nourish something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "By investing in education, we nourish the talents of our children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were hopes that the talks would nourish the fragile growth of good relations between the two countries."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnʌrɪʃ/",
                "audio": "no/nourish/nourish__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnʌrɪʃɪz/",
                "audio": "no/nourish/nourishes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnʌrɪʃt/",
                "audio": "no/nourish/nourished__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnʌrɪʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "no/nourish/nourishing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnɜːrɪʃ/",
                "audio": "no/nourish/nourish__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnɜːrɪʃɪz/",
                "audio": "no/nourish/nourishes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnɜːrɪʃt/",
                "audio": "no/nourish/nourished__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnɜːrɪʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "no/nourish/nourishing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French noriss-, lengthened stem of norir, from Latin nutrire ‘feed, cherish’."
}