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Definitions for Nurture

[1] to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
[2] to support and encourage, as during the period of training or development; foster: to nurture promising musicians.
[3] to bring up; train; educate.
[4] rearing, upbringing, training, education, or the like.
[5] development: the nurture of young artists.
[6] something that nourishes; nourishment; food.
[7] the act or process of promoting the development, etc, of a child
[8] something that nourishes
[9] biology the environmental factors that partly determine the structure of an organism See also nature (def. 12)
[10] to feed or support
[11] to educate or train

Words related to Nurture

feed, discipline, training, nutriment, provisions, victuals, food, subsistence, provender, instruction, upbringing, diet, sustenance, viands, breeding, education, care, rearing, edibles, bolster

Words nearby Nurture

nursing home, nursing mother, nursing officer, nursling, nurturance, nurture, nus, nusa tenggara, nusku, nut, nut case

Origin of Nurture

1300–50; (noun) Middle English norture < Middle French, variant of nourriture < Late Latin nūtrītūra a nourishing, equivalent to Latin nūtrīt(us ) (past participle of nūtrīre to feed, nourish) + -ūra -ure; (v.) derivative of the noun

Other words from Nurture

nur·tur·a·ble , adjective
nur·ture·less , adjective
nur·tur·er , noun
un·nur·tured , adjective
well-nur·tured , adjective

Word origin for Nurture

C14: from Old French norriture, from Latin nutrīre to nourish

Synonyms for Nurture

breeding, care, diet, discipline, edibles, education, feed, food, instruction, nutriment, provender, provisions, rearing, subsistence, sustenance, training, upbringing, viands, victuals