Definitions

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  • verb transitive To nourish again or anew.
  • verb transitive To replenish (a beach or shoreline) with sediment in order to compensate for drift or erosion.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ nourish

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Examples

  • After Hurricane Ivan struck in 2004, it cost $9 million just to renourish Orange Beach.

    Oil Spill Cleanup Only On Beach Surfaces, Crude Still Hides Beneath The Sand 2010

  • After Hurricane Ivan struck in 2004, it cost $9 million just to renourish Orange Beach.

    Oil Spill Cleanup Only On Beach Surfaces, Crude Still Hides Beneath The Sand 2010

  • Projects have been completed on such diverse topics as estuarine eutrophication, productivity of benthic microalgae, use of dredge material to renourish salt marshes and effects of feral horses on salt marsh productivity.

    North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve 2007

  • So they consulted some maps, which proved problematic since the Intercoastal/Port Everglades side of the park has changed drastically in the last 150 years, and some historical records, and some scientists, and some people that like tourism, and decided to follow the example led by many other municipalities and renourish the beach.

    Emergency fill-in entry mariness 2006

  • The miles of beach and road leading up to the gate would be turned over to the county, which would renourish the beach and maintain the road.

    Crazy George's Land Grab? Beach Blogger 2005

  • The Gulf erodes the beach, we spend millions to renourish it.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Beach Blogger 2005

  • The miles of beach and road leading up to the gate would be turned over to the county, which would renourish the beach and maintain the road.

    Archive 2005-08-01 Beach Blogger 2005

  • The Gulf erodes the beach, we spend millions to renourish it.

    Political Priorities Beach Blogger 2005

  • The farms have all burned their fields into ash to renourish the soil, and now there is only vast plains of mud.

    The Commute 2004

  • The farms have all burned their fields into ash to renourish the soil, and now there is only vast plains of mud.

    ideonexus.com » 2004 » June 2004

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