Meaning of NURTURE
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- [n] raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
- [n] the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- [v] help develop, help grow
- [v] provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
- [v] bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
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| | Synonyms: | | breeding, bring up, bringing up, foster, fosterage, fostering, nourish, parent, raise, raising, raising, rear, rearing, rearing, sustain, upbringing |
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| | See Also: | | acculturation, carry, cater, cradle, encourage, enculturation, fledge, foster, grow up, keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize, ply, provide, serve, serve well, socialisation, socialization, supply, support, upbringing | |
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\Nur"ture\, n. [OE. norture, noriture, OF. norriture,
norreture, F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing,
suckling. See {Nourish}.]
1. The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education;
training.
A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.
--Milton.
2. That which nourishes; food; diet. --Spenser.
\Nur"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nurtured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Nurturing}.]
1. To feed; to nourish.
2. To educate; to bring or train up.
He was nurtured where he had been born. --Sir H.
Wotton.
Syn: To nourish; nurse; cherish; bring up; educate; tend.
Usage: To {Nurture}, {Nourish}, {Cherish}. Nourish denotes to
supply with food, or cause to grow; as, to nourish a
plant, to nourish rebellion. To nurture is to train up
with a fostering care, like that of a mother; as, to
nurture into strength; to nurture in sound principles.
To cherish is to hold and treat as dear; as, to
cherish hopes or affections.
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