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take nourishment

VERB

break bread

Synonyms

WEAK

break one's fast eat mange partake subsist

VERB

eat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attack bite chew devour dine feed ingest inhale nibble pick swallow

STRONG

absorb banquet bolt breakfast cram digest dispatch gorge gormandize graze lunch masticate munch nosh ruminate scarf scoff snack sup wolf

WEAK

break bread chow down dispose of fall to feast upon gobble up have a bite have a meal have for make pig of oneself partake of peck at pig out polish off pork out put away take food take in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abstain

VERB

feed on

Synonyms

STRONGEST

devour eat graze ingest live on nibble prey on

WEAK

exist on fare feast have a bite meal munch nurture partake pasture peck pig out scarf snack sponge subsist take

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abstain

Example Sentences

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There is now a little more readiness to take nourishment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Don’t worry over me, dear friend; I’m still able to sit up and take nourishment.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.

Messager was obliged to carry up milk in bottles, with a loaf of bread, and say that he wanted to lunch with him, in order to get Charpentier to take nourishment.

From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl

Nature herself has undeniably impressed upon man, that she wishes him to take nourishment of different kinds.

From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David

"Barely able to sit up and take nourishment," she admitted, demurely.

From The Common Law by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

take nourishment

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