Word Meanings - NUTRITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth. Note: In this wide sense it comprehends digestion,
Additional info about word: NUTRITION
In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth. Note: In this wide sense it comprehends digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, etc., in fact all of the steps by which the nutritive matter of the food is fitted for incorporation with the different tissues, and the changes which it undergoes after its assimilation, prior to its excretion. See Metabolism.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NUTRITION)
- Sustenance
- Support
- food
- aliment
- living
- subsistance
- livelihood
- alimony
- provision
- nourishment
- nutriment
- nurture
- sustentation
- nutrition
- pabulum
- maintenance
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of NUTRITION)
- Drop
- betray
- surrender
- abandon
- discontinue
- oppose
- discourage
- weaken
- exhaust
- thwart
- discountenance
- disfavor
- subvert
- suppress
Related words: (words related to NUTRITION)
- LIVINGLY
In a living state. Sir T. Browne. - LIVELY
1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier - SUPPORTABLE
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv. - LIVRAISON
A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part. - LIVINGNESS
The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening. - LIVED
Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived. - LIVE
liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. lebn, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the - ALIMENT
1. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support. Aliments of theiBacon. 2. An allowance for maintenance. - SUPPORTATION
Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon. - ALIMENTALLY
So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne. - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - DISCONTINUE
To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school - LIVERWORT
1. A ranunculaceous plant with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups. 2. A flowerless plant , having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond. Note: From this plant many others of the same - LIVING PICTURE
A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art. - SUPPORTFUL
Abounding with support. Chapman. - EXHAUSTION
An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications - PROVISIONARY
Provisional. Burke. - PROVISIONAL
Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty. - SUPPORTLESS
Having no support. Milton. - OPPOSELESS
Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak. - DELIVERANCE
Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. (more info) 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; - REDELIVER
1. To deliver or give back; to return. Ay 2. To deliver or liberate a second time or again. 3. To report; to deliver the answer of. "Shall I redeliver you e'en so" Shak. - OLIVARY
Like an olive. Olivary body , an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive. - OLIVINE
A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks. - COD LIVER
The liver of the common cod and allied species. Cod-liver oil, an oil obtained fron the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition. - OLIVERIAN
An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. Macaulay. - DELIVERABLE
Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale. - REDELIVERY
1. Act of delivering back. 2. A second or new delivery or liberation. - OLIVED
Decorated or furnished with olive trees. T. Warton.