nurture

Nurture is someone or something that provides support or nourishment.

(noun)

  1. An example of nurture is a parent raising a child.
  2. An example of nurture is a senior employee teaching a new employee the details of the job.
  3. An example of nurture is a well balanced meal.

Nurture is defined as to feed, train or help develop someone or something.

(verb)

An example of nurture is a mother bird feeding her baby birds.

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See nurture in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. anything that nourishes; food; nutriment
  2. the act or process of raising or promoting the development of; training, educating, fostering, etc.
  3. all the environmental factors, collectively, to which one is subjected from conception onward, as distinguished from one's nature or heredity

Origin: ME < OFr norreture < LL nutritura, pp. of L nutrire, to nourish: see nurse

transitive verb nurtured, nurturing

  1. to feed or nourish
    1. to promote the development of
    2. to raise by educating, training, etc.

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See nurture in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Something that nourishes; sustenance.
  2. The act of bringing up.
  3. Biology The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism.
transitive verb nur·tured, nur·tur·ing, nur·tures
  1. To nourish; feed.
  2. To educate; train.
  3. To help grow or develop; cultivate: nurture a student's talent.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin nūtrītūra, act of suckling

Origin: , from Latin nūtrītus

Origin: , past participle of nūtrīre, to suckle; see (s)nāu- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • nurˈtur·er noun

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