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Noun nurture has 2 senses
- raising, rearing, nurture - the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
--1 is a kind of upbringing
- breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
--2 is a kind of socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
Verb nurture has 3 senses
- foster, nurture - help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"
--1 is one way to encourage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent - bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- nourish, nurture, sustain - provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
--3 is one way to provide, supply, ply, cater
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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