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nurture |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nurture \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nurture \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nurture n 1: the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child [syn: {raising}, {rearing}] 2: raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: {breeding}, {bringing up}, {fostering}, {fosterage}, {nurturing}, {raising}, {rearing}, {upbringing}] v 1: help develop, help grow [syn: {foster}] 2: bring up "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: {rear}, {raise}, {bring up}, {parent}] 3: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water" [syn: {nourish}, {sustain}]
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