nurture

5 definitions • 6 examples

to take care of, feed, and protect someone or something, especially young children or plants, and help him, her, or it to develop:

She wants to stay at home and nurture her children.

a carefully nurtured garden

to help a plan or a person to develop and be successful:

As a record company executive, his job is to nurture young talent.

to have a particular emotion, plan, or idea for a long time:

Winifred nurtured ambitions for her daughter to be a surgeon.

the way in which children are treated as they are growing, especially as compared with the characteristics they are born with:

Which do you believe has the strongest influence on how children develop - nature or nurture?

to feed and care for a child, or to help someone or something develop by encouraging that person or thing:

As a record company director, his job is to nurture young talent.