nurture
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
Types & categories
- upbringing hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
help develop, help grow
nurture his talents
Types & categories
- encourage hypernym
- patronage hyponym
- serve well hyponym
Related & opposite
- bringing up derivation
- nurture derivation
- fostering derivation
Sense 3 noun
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Types & categories
- acculturation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
bring up
raise a family
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
provide with nourishment
We sustained ourselves on bread and water
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- nurturance derivation
- sustentation derivation
- nourishment derivation
- nutrient derivation
- sustainable derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | upbringing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bringing up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fostering |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | patronage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | serve well |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | parent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | foster |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurtural |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | acculturation |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | grow up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bringing up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurture |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ancestry |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | parent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | parentage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | parentage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fledge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cradle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | foster |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurturance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sustentation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nourishment |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nutrient |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sustainable |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ply |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |