| cherish | (verb) be fond of; be attached to | Synonyms: care for, hold dear, treasure |
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| flourish | (verb) grow vigorously | Synonyms: boom, expand, thrive |
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| (verb) move or swing back and forth | Synonyms: brandish, wave |
| (verb) make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance | Synonyms: fly high, prosper, thrive |
| impoverish | (verb) take away | Synonyms: deprive |
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| (verb) make poor | - |
| malnourish | (verb) provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment | Synonyms: undernourish |
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| nourish | (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nurture, sustain |
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| (verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: aliment, nutrify |
| perish | (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, pop off, snuff it |
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| undernourish | (verb) provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment | Synonyms: malnourish |
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