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Detailed Synonyms for nurture in English

nurture:

to nurture verbe (nurtures, nurtured, nurturing)

  1. to nurture
    to take care of; to nurture; to look after; care; to nurse
    • take care of verbe (takes care of, took care of, taking care of)
    • nurture verbe (nurtures, nurtured, nurturing)
    • look after verbe (looks after, looked after, looking after)
    • care verbe
    • nurse verbe (nurses, nursed, nursing)
  2. to nurture
    – help develop, help grow 1
    to nurture; to foster
    – help develop, help grow 1
    • nurture verbe (nurtures, nurtured, nurturing)
      • nurture his talents1
    • foster verbe (fosters, fostered, fostering)
  3. to nurture
    – provide with nourishment 1
    to sustain; to nurture; to nourish
    – provide with nourishment 1
    • sustain verbe (sustains, sustained, sustaining)
      • We sustained ourselves on bread and water1
    • nurture verbe (nurtures, nurtured, nurturing)
    • nourish verbe (nourishes, nourished, nourishing)
      • This kind of food is not nourishing for young children1
  4. to nurture
    – bring up 1
    to raise; to rear; to nurture; parent; to bring up
    – bring up 1
    • raise verbe (raises, raised, raising)
      • raise a family1
    • rear verbe (rears, reared, rearing)
    • nurture verbe (nurtures, nurtured, nurturing)
    • parent verbe
    • bring up verbe (brings up, brought up, bringing up)
      • bring up children1

Conjugations for nurture:

present
  1. nurture
  2. nurture
  3. nurtures
  4. nurture
  5. nurture
  6. nurture
simple past
  1. nurtured
  2. nurtured
  3. nurtured
  4. nurtured
  5. nurtured
  6. nurtured
present perfect
  1. have nurtured
  2. have nurtured
  3. has nurtured
  4. have nurtured
  5. have nurtured
  6. have nurtured
past continuous
  1. was nurturing
  2. were nurturing
  3. was nurturing
  4. were nurturing
  5. were nurturing
  6. were nurturing
future
  1. shall nurture
  2. will nurture
  3. will nurture
  4. shall nurture
  5. will nurture
  6. will nurture
continuous present
  1. am nurturing
  2. are nurturing
  3. is nurturing
  4. are nurturing
  5. are nurturing
  6. are nurturing
subjunctive
  1. be nurtured
  2. be nurtured
  3. be nurtured
  4. be nurtured
  5. be nurtured
  6. be nurtured
diverse
  1. nurture!
  2. let's nurture!
  3. nurtured
  4. nurturing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

nurture [the ~] nom

  1. the nurture
    – helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community 1
    the nurture; the breeding; the raising; the upbringing; the rearing; the fostering; the bringing up; the fosterage
    – helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community 1
  2. the nurture
    – the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child 1
    the nurture; the raising; the rearing
    – the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child 1

Related Words for "nurture":

  • nurturing, nurturer

Alternate Synonyms for "nurture":


Related Definitions for "nurture":

  1. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community1
    • they debated whether nature or nurture was more important1
  2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child1
  3. help develop, help grow1
    • nurture his talents1
  4. provide with nourishment1
  5. bring up1