'Nurture' definitions:
Definition of 'nurture'
(from WordNet)
noun
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child [syn: raising, rearing, nurture]
noun
Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing]
verb
Help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents" [syn: foster, nurture]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Nurture'
From: GCIDE
- 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; tender care; education; training. [1913 Webster]
- A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which nourishes; food; diet. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Nurture'
From: GCIDE
- Nurture \Nur"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nurtured; p. pr. & vb. n. Nurturing.]
- 1. To feed; to nourish. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To educate; to bring or train up. [1913 Webster]
- He was nurtured where he had been born. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nurture'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abet,
- acculturate,
- advance,
- aid and abet,
- aliment,
- alimentation,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- apprentice,
- apprenticeship,
- ask for,
- attend to,
- baby-sit,
- back,
- basic training,
- bear,
- better,
- bolster,
- boost,
- bosom,
- bread,
- break,
- break in,
- breaking,
- breast-feed,
- breed,
- breeding,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- care,
- care for,
- chaperon,
- cherish,
- civilize,
- cling to,
- clip,
- coddle,
- comestibles,
- condition,
- conditioning,
- conserve,
- cosset,
- countenance,
- cradle,
- cultivate,
- cultivation,
- culture,
- daily bread,
- develop,
- development,
- discipline,
- drill,
- drilling,
- dry-nurse,
- eats,
- economic support,
- edibles,
- edify,
- educate,
- elevate,
- embosom,
- embrace,
- emend,
- encourage,
- endowment,
- enhance,
- enlighten,
- enrich,
- entertain,
- exercise,
- farm,
- fatten,
- fatten up,
- favor,
- feed,
- fetch up,
- fetching-up,
- fit,
- fondle,
- force-feed,
- form,
- forward,
- foster,
- fostering,
- give encouragement,
- go straight,
- groom,
- grooming,
- grow,
- grub,
- harbor,
- hatch,
- have,
- have and hold,
- hold,
- hold on to,
- house-train,
- housebreak,
- housebreaking,
- hug,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- improvement,
- in-service training,
- invite,
- keep,
- keep in countenance,
- keep watch over,
- lactate,
- lard,
- lavish care on,
- lick into shape,
- lift,
- livelihood,
- living,
- look after,
- look out for,
- look to,
- maintenance,
- make an improvement,
- manna,
- manual training,
- matronize,
- meat,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- military training,
- mind,
- minister to,
- mother,
- mothering,
- nourish,
- nourishment,
- nurse,
- nurturing,
- nutrify,
- nutriment,
- on-the-job training,
- pabulum,
- pamper,
- pap,
- practice,
- preparation,
- prepare,
- preserve,
- price support,
- promote,
- protege,
- provender,
- provide for,
- provision,
- provisions,
- put in tune,
- put to school,
- raise,
- raising,
- ranch,
- ready,
- readying,
- rear,
- rearing,
- refection,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- refreshment,
- rehearsal,
- rehearse,
- ride herd on,
- run,
- school,
- see after,
- see to,
- send to school,
- shepherd,
- sloyd,
- socialize,
- spoon-feed,
- straighten out,
- stuff,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subsistence,
- subvention,
- suckle,
- support,
- sustain,
- sustainment,
- sustenance,
- sustentation,
- take care of,
- take charge of,
- take in hand,
- tend,
- tender loving care,
- TLC,
- train,
- training,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- treasure,
- treasure up,
- upbringing,
- upgrade,
- uphold,
- upkeep,
- uplift,
- viands,
- victuals,
- vocational education,
- vocational training,
- watch,
- watch out for,
- watch over,
- wet-nurse