- present tense form of nourish (3rd person singular).
nourishes
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Inulin is classified as a prebiotic because it nourishes certain beneficial gut bacteria rather than directly supplying living microorganisms, as probiotics do.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
A rich stew of influences nourishes his work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
“Chile is the reality that I understand, and, above all, that nourishes us. I like to travel and go on tour, but I hope things always happen here, with the people we know here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Louis says he can never feel warm – a common complaint among vampires, certainly, but in a land ravaged by cruelty it depletes instead of nourishes.
From Salon ● May 13, 2024
The society has produced and nourishes a psychology which brings out the lowest, most base part of human beings.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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