what does nurture mean?
NURTURE as NOUN
- Meaning
- raising someone to be an accepted member of the community
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- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Hypernyms(s) nurture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
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Hypernyms(s) nurture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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NURTURE as VERB
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Hypernyms(s) nurture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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- We sustained ourselves on bread and water
- This kind of food is not nourishing for young children
Hypernyms(s) nurture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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- raise a family
- bring up children
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