nurture

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈnɜːr.t͡ʃər/

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Verb

Plain form nurture

Third-person singular nurtures

Past tense nurtured

Past participle nurtured

Present participle nurturing

1. To nurture is to protect something and be very careful with it, specially a baby or animal.

Noun

Singular nurture

Plural nurtures

1. (uncountable) Nurture are the things around a person (for example, his education or wealth) that makes him to be the way he is. The opposite is nature, the things that makes him the way he is because he was born that way (for example: his height).