nurture

[nur-cher] / ˈnɜr tʃər /

NOUN

development, nourishment

Synonyms

STRONG

breeding care diet discipline edibles education feed food instruction nutriment provender provisions rearing subsistence sustenance training upbringing viands victuals

Antonyms

STRONG

ignorance neglect negligence

WEAK

deprivation starvation

VERB

feed, care for

Synonyms

STRONG

back bolster cherish cultivate develop discipline educate foster instruct nourish nurse provide raise rear school support sustain tend train uphold

WEAK

bring up nursle

Antonyms

STRONG

abandon decrease deprive destroy discontinue discourage drop halt ignore learn lessen neglect repress stop

WEAK

starve

Example Sentences

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After all, it is something she has nurtured for a decade.

From BBC

The only sorrow came when it was time to part ways with the hairy creature she had nurtured during the experience.

From Los Angeles Times

Nasdaq, introduced in 1971, grew into the NYSE’s chief rival by nurturing tech innovators and taking trading online.

From Barron's

“We didn’t want googly eyes on the robot, nothing like that. So it did kind of surprise us when people seemed to feel very nurturing towards their robots.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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