transcription, транскрипция: [ nɜ:(r)tʃə(r) ]
( nurtures, nurturing, nurtured)
1.
If you nurture something such as a young child or a young plant, you care for it while it is growing and developing. ( FORMAL )
Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood...
The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.
VERB : V n , V n
• nur‧tur‧ing
She was not receiving warm nurturing care.
ADJ
• nur‧tur‧ing
Which adult in these children’s lives will provide the nurturing they need?
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2.
If you nurture plans, ideas, or people, you encourage them or help them to develop. ( FORMAL )
She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son.
...parents whose political views were nurtured in the sixties...
VERB : V n , V n
• nur‧tur‧ing
The decision to cut back on film-making had a catastrophic effect on the nurturing of new talent.
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3.
Nurture is care that is given to someone while they are growing and developing.
The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by nurture.
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