nurture
nurture
Definition
nur·ture (nʉr′c̸hər)
noun
- anything that nourishes; food; nutriment
- the act or process of raising or promoting the development of; training, educating, fostering, etc.
- all the environmental factors, collectively, to which one is subjected from conception onward, as distinguished from one's nature or heredity
Etymology: ME < OFr norreture < LL nutritura, pp. of L nutrire, to nourish: see nurse
transitive verb -·tured, -·tur·ing
- to feed or nourish
- to promote the development of
- to raise by educating, training, etc.
nur′·tur·ant adjective or nur′·tural
nur′·turer noun
nurture
Synonyms
nurture
n.
Nourishment
pabulum, nutriment, sustenance; see food, subsistence 1.Training
upbringing, breeding, care; see education 1, training.
nurture
Synonyms
nurture
Usage Examples
Object
- talent: The club became renowned for nurturing youthful talent starting with the famous ' Busby Babes ' .
- creativity: Creative Reading - June 2004 Report by Demos for The Reading Agency analyzing the role of libraries in nurturing creativity.
- believer: To teach, baptize and nurture new believers - What helps people to learn?
- generation: We are sure these initiatives will help to nurture a new generation of Festival lovers.
- relationship: Based in the North West, LeKoa strives to nurture relationships with venues to produce new work.
Adjective modifier
- spiritual: Spiritual nurture The spiritual nurture of minority ethnic members as for all members needs to be carefully considered.
Modifies a noun
- group: An individual child may be a member of a nurture group for between 1 and 4 terms.
Modifying Another Word
- lovingly: My most sacred dream, held and nurtured lovingly over so many years, was at last manifesting.
- carefully: And a bitter grudge, hidden and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt.
- thereby: It also funds postgraduate training within the social sciences, thereby nurturing the researchers of tomorrow.
- properly: However, there are some good players in the reserve teams but its very important that their talent is managed and nurtured properly.
- rather: They treat donors as colleagues rather than as customers: as a resource to be nurtured rather than ' exploited ' .
- fully: Out-of-school activities provide alternative ways of learning and into areas not fully nurtured by within-school programs.
Used with why or when
- that: It is the same sort of nature and nurture that shapes a lot of liberated yet lost young people.
- what: This creation business has to lead somewhere, and I must nurture what is most valuable and cut out the rest.
Present participle complement
- emerge: The PRS Foundation has announced the launch of its new funding scheme, British Music Abroad, to nurture emerging British music talent.
- learn: Inspectors recognized the crucial role the project is playing in overcoming barriers to learning and creating a positive, nurturing learning environment.
Preposition: of
nurture Quotes
No metaphor reinvents the job of the nurture of children except to muddy or mock. Palmerston
Browse dictionary entries near nurture
- nursling
- nursing home
- nursing bottle
- nursing
- nurseryman
- nursery school
- nursery rhyme
- nursery
- nursemaid
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