Nurture

Quick meaning: Nurture is a noun meaning The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care.

Meaning

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care.

More Meanings

1. That which nourishes; food; diet.
2. The environmental influences that contribute to a person’s development (as opposed to "nature").
3. The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.
4. To nourish or nurse.
5. (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

Example Sentences

[…]a man neither by nature nor by nurture wiſe.

A Deuill, a borne-Deuill, on whoſe nature / Nurture can neuer ſticke :

The problem is aggravated by the fact that much of the gay sub-culture is not conducive to the nurture of the radical ego integrity of which Erikson speaks.

Look where he would, some heap of ruins afforded him rich promise of a working off; the whole town appeared to have been ploughed, and sown, and nurtured by most genial weather; and a goodly harvest was at hand.

Word Forms

• nurtures
• nurturing
• nurtured

Synonyms for nurture

Depending on context, synonyms include encourage, foster, feed, grow, cultivate, promote.

Antonyms for nurture

Common opposites include destroy, hinder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include breeding, rear, nourish, rearing, upbringing, fostering.

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