Thesaurus: nurture

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1. n. The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.
2. n. That which nourishes; food; diet.
3. v. t. To feed; to nourish.
4. v. t. To educate; to bring or train up.
5. n. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
6. n. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
7. v. help develop, help grow
8. v. look after a child until it is an adult
9. v. provide with nourishment
10. 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. 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. -- 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.
11. n:10/v:90 n the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child n helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community v help develop, help grow v bring up v provide with nourishment