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Definitions for Nurturing
[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 Nurturing
nurturesustenance, development, subsistence
Words nearby Nurturing
nurturenursing home, nursing mother, nursing officer, nursling, nurturance, nurture, nus, nusa tenggara, nusku, nut, nut case
Origin of Nurturing
e1300–50; (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 Nurturing
nur·tur·a·ble , adjective
nur·ture·less , adjective
nur·tur·er , noun
un·nur·tured , adjective
well-nur·tured , adjective
Word origin for Nurturing
eC14: from Old French norriture, from Latin nutrīre to nourish