nurture

[nur·ture]

If you plant a seed, water it daily and give it lots of light, you nurture it until it is ready to be transplanted outside. When you nurture a person or thing, you care for it and help it to grow.

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

Noun
raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

Noun
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

Verb
help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"

Verb
provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

Verb
bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"

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

n.
That which nourishes; food; diet.

v. t.
To feed; to nourish.

v. t.
To educate; to bring or train up.

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.

2. That which nourishes; food; diet. Spenser.

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.

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.

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

To feed; to nourish.

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Usage Examples

I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have the blueprints of what not to do... I think I'd be a good parent, actually.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

America is an idea. And it's the solemn responsibility of each 'temporary' president to protect and nurture that noblest of all ideas - with integrity. This man, Mitt Romney, has shown - not through his experience, but through his actions and words - that he is unqualified to carry out that responsibility.

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Other Usage Examples

At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people nurture the belief that they can do things.

More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about.

My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds.

I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. I've started a record label, so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music, which is a passion of mine. I've written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show, which is always really fun.

It's important to take time for your spouse and nurture the relationship.

For me to stay healthy in a relationship, the individuals have to nurture themselves.

I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.