1. n. raising someone to be an accepted member of the community (view details)
2. n. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child (view details)
3. v. help develop, help grow (view details)
4. v. provide with nourishment (view details)
5. v. bring up (view details)

Meaning 1: (noun) raising someone to be an accepted member of the community
Usage Example(s): they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Synonym(s): breeding ( what does breeding stand for? ), bringing up ( what does bringing up stand for? ), fosterage ( what does fosterage stand for? ), fostering ( what does fostering stand for? ), raising ( what does raising stand for? ), rearing ( what does rearing stand for? ), upbringing ( what does upbringing stand for? )
nurture is a kind of: acculturation ( what does acculturation stand for? ), enculturation ( what does enculturation stand for? ), socialisation ( what does socialisation stand for? ), socialization ( what does socialization stand for? )
nurture is derived from: bring up ( what does bring up stand for? ), foster ( what does foster stand for? ), further ( what does further stand for? ), nurture ( what does nurture stand for? ), parent ( what does parent stand for? ), raise ( what does raise stand for? ), rear ( what does rear stand for? )

Meaning 2: (noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
Synonym(s): raising, rearing
nurture is a kind of: upbringing
nurture is derived from: bring up, foster, nurture, parent, raise, rear

Meaning 3: (verb) help develop, help grow
Usage Example(s): nurture his talents
Synonym(s): foster
nurture is derived from: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing

Meaning 4: (verb) provide with nourishment
Usage Example(s): This kind of food is not nourishing for young children, We sustained ourselves on bread and water
Synonym(s): nourish ( what does nourish stand for? ), sustain ( what does sustain stand for? )
nurture is derived from: aliment ( what does aliment stand for? ), alimentation ( what does alimentation stand for? ), maintenance ( what does maintenance stand for? ), nourishment ( what does nourishment stand for? ), nurturance ( what does nurturance stand for? ), nutriment ( what does nutriment stand for? ), nutrition ( what does nutrition stand for? ), sustainment ( what does sustainment stand for? ), sustenance ( what does sustenance stand for? ), sustentation ( what does sustentation stand for? ), upkeep ( what does upkeep stand for? ), victuals ( what does victuals stand for? )

Meaning 5: (verb) bring up
Usage Example(s): bring up children, raise a family
Synonym(s): bring up, parent, raise, rear
Cause(s): grow up ( what does grow up stand for? )
nurture is derived from: ancestry ( what does ancestry stand for? ), birth ( what does birth stand for? ), blood ( what does blood stand for? ), blood line ( what does blood line stand for? ), bloodline ( what does bloodline stand for? ), breeding, bringing up, descent ( what does descent stand for? ), fosterage, fostering, line ( what does line stand for? ), line of descent ( what does line of descent stand for? ), lineage ( what does lineage stand for? ), nurture, origin ( what does origin stand for? ), parent, parentage ( what does parentage stand for? ), parenthood ( what does parenthood stand for? ), pedigree ( what does pedigree stand for? ), raising, rearing, stemma ( what does stemma stand for? ), stock ( what does stock stand for? ), upbringing

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