(~s, nurturing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ 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 ~ and raise their child to adulthood...
The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.
VERB: V n, V n
nurturing
She was not receiving warm nurturing care.
ADJ
nurturing
Which adult in these children’s lives will provide the nurturing they need?
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you ~ plans, ideas, or people, you encourage them or help them to develop. (FORMAL)
She had always ~d great ambitions for her son.
...parents whose political views were ~d in the sixties...
VERB: V n, V n
nurturing
The decision to cut back on film-making had a catastrophic effect on the nurturing of new talent.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
Nurture is care that is given to someone while they are growing and developing.
The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by ~.
N-UNCOUNT