vitamin

Pluralvitamins

Formsvitamins, vitamining, vitamined

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A substance the body needs in tiny amounts to stay healthy and grow well.

   Like a tiny drop of oil that keeps a machine running smoothly.

   Carrots give your body an important vitamin.

   Many vitamins come from the fruits and vegetables we eat.

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2. 2
   nouncolloquialfiguratively

   Used before another word to joke that the thing named is good for your health or mood.

   She calls her morning walk by the ocean a dose of vitamin sea.

   Grandma says a warm hug is the best vitamin H you can get.

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3. 3
   verbdatedtransitive

   To add vitamins to a food or drink to make it healthier.

   Some companies vitamin their juice so children get more goodness.

   The farmer vitamined the feed for his cows all through the winter.

   Similarfortify, enrich

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