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nurture in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
    "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
    breeding  bringing up  fostering  fosterage  nurture  raising  rearing  upbringing 
  2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
    raising  rearing  nurture 
verb
  1. bring up
    "raise a family"; "bring up children"
    rear  raise  bring up  nurture  parent 
  2. help develop, help grow
    "nurture his talents"
    foster  nurture 
  3. provide with nourishment
    "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
    nourish  nurture  sustain 
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