nurture

An Eastern Grey Kangaroo nurtures her joey.

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɛː.tʃər/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tʃə(r)

Noun

nurture (plural nurtures)

1. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
2. That which nourishes; food; diet.
3. The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.

Translations

act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training

Croatian: briga (hr) f. Czech: výchova (cs) f. Finnish: hoito (fi), kasvatus (fi) German: entwickeln (de) n.

Greek: γαλούχηση (el) f., διατροφή (el) f. Japanese: 育成 (ikusei) Spanish: cuidado (es), crianza (es), ternura (es), levantamiento (es), desarollamiento (es)

that which nourishes; food; diet

Arabic: تنشئة,تربيه (tansh'ah), (tarbyah) Czech: výživa (cs) f. Finnish: ravinto (fi)

Greek: τροφή (el) f. Spanish: alimento (es)

Verb

nurture (third-person singular simple present nurtures, present participle nurturing, simple past and past participle nurtured)

1. to nourish or nurse

Translations

to nourish or nurse

Finnish: hoitaa (fi), kasvattaa (fi) Greek: τρέφω (el), διατρέφω (el)

Japanese: 育成する (ikusei-suru) Spanish: criar (es), nutrir (es)

Related terms

• nourish
• nourishment
• nurse
• nursery
• nurturance
• nutrient
• nutriment
• nutrition
• nutritional
• nutritious
• nutritive

External links

• nurture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• nurture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911