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Meanings of aliment in English

Portuguese
nutrientes
Catalan
nutrient
Spanish
nutrición
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A source of materials to nourish the body.

nutrientes
Portuguese
nutrir
Catalan
nodrir
Spanish
nutrir

Give nourishment to.

nutrir
Synonyms
Examples for "nourish"
Examples for "nourish"
1
Let him abide in hope and nourish his fantasies for a while.
Dayworld Rebel
2
The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves.
To the blight: the eye of the world
3
They would kill rather than nourish the interest of the average prospect.
Business Correspondence, Vol. 1: How to Write a Business Letter
4
There is little to nourish and delight the sense of beauty there.
Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
5
Pray do not nourish any idea that you can someday escape me.
The Queen's Cup
Usage of aliment in English
1
They are indeed the aliment or rather the very essence of love.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
2
By its conversion into sugar it can alone become a useful aliment.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 / A Magazi...
3
Further aliment for public discontent was furnished by other acts of Parliament.
Life of George Washington — Volume 01
4
Hope lives on scanty aliment, and the young man did not despair.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
5
Reason is the torch of friendship, judgment its guide, tenderness its aliment.
For Auld Lang Syne: A Book of Friendship
6
Moreover, in the provision of aliment, it sets a premium upon illegitimate children.
The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 / with a P...
7
His soul has the same occasion for ideas, his stomach has for aliment.
The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical Wor...
8
We can supply the sunshine, moisture and aliment, and God does the rest.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
9
The distinctive quality of an aliment, therefore, is its liability to animal assimulation.
The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
10
His soul does not die for want of aliment or guidance.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
11
He died like a lamp which ceases to burn for want of aliment.
Perils and Captivity / Comprising The sufferings of the Picard f...
12
Sugar is not less important, either as a remedy or as an aliment.
The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
13
What then is the energetic aliment which enables the little Lycosae to struggle?
Fabre, Poet of Science
14
Science, indeed, finds some aliment here, and you are one of her sons.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
15
Others, who demanded revenge, found an aliment for their inactive forces.
My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt
16
Mademoiselle might make application for aliment pending her suit; she is not eating anything.
Father Goriot
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Translations for aliment
Aliment through the time
Aliment across language varieties
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