nurture

Speech parts

1. nurture - Noun

2. nurture - Verb

Meaning

The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.

To feed; to nourish.

To educate; to bring or train up.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nourish bring up nurse foster tend raise rear parent raising breeding sustain educate fostering rearing cherish
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Antonyms

juke fetter cut prevent fall retard
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Hypernyms

provide supply encourage cater ply upbringing

Hyponyms

support foster serve carry patronage cradle

Related terms

nurse nutrient nutrition nutritional nursery nutritious

Phrases with the word

nature vs nurture nature versus nurture see nurture to nurture nurture up

Derivatives

nurtured nurturing

Examples

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. Alfred Austin

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. Benjamin Disraeli

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. John Lennon

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things. Gerald Ford

Nurture and good manners makes man. English Proverb

Nurture passes nature. Romanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

nurturally nurturance nurturant nurtured creation nurtureless nurturement