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nounthe properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a childtype of:
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"nurture his talents"verbhelp develop, help grow
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verbprovide with nourishment
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"they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"nounhelping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
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verblook after a child until it is an adult
Definition that contains nurture
- parent a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
- foster providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
- cradle where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- birthplace where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- surrogate providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
- provenance where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- hyades (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward
- place of origin where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- provenience where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- nurtural resulting from nurture