English-Thai Dictionary

nurture

N การ ให้ การอบรม  การ ให้การ เลี้ยงดู  การ อบรมบ่มนิสัย  การ เลี้ยงดู  nutriment sustenance kan-hai-kan-aob-rom

 

nurture

VT บำรุง  เลี้ยงดู  เอาใจใส่  ทะนุบำรุง  bam-ruang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NURTURE

n. 1. That which nourishes; food; diet.
2. That which promotes growth; education; instruction. Ephesians 6:4.

 

NURTURE

v.t. 1. To feed; to nourish.
2. To educate; to bring or train up.
He was nurtured where he was born.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NURTURE

Nur "ture, n. Etym: [OE. norture, noriture, OF. norriture, norreture,F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing, suckling. See Nourish. ]

 

1. The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training. A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise. Milton.

 

2. That which nourishes; food; diet. Spenser.

 

NURTURE

Nur "ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nurtured; p. pr. & vb. n. Nurturing. ]

 

1. To feed; to nourish.

 

2. To educate; to bring or train up. He was nurtured where he had been born. Sir H. Wotton.

 

Syn. -- To nourish; nurse; cherish; bring up; educate; tend. -- To Nurture, Nourish, Cherish. Nourish denotes to supply with food, or cause to grow; as, to nourish a plant, to nourish rebellion. To nurture is to train up with a fostering care, like that of a mother; as, to nurture into strength; to nurture in sound principles. To cherish is to hold and treat as dear; as, to cherish hopes or affections.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nurture

nur ture |ˈnərCHər ˈnərtʃər | ▶verb [ with obj. ] care for and encourage the growth or development of: Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a close-knit family. • help or encourage the development of: my father nurtured my love of art. • cherish (a hope, belief, or ambition ): for a long time she had nurtured the dream of buying a shop. ▶noun the process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something: the nurture of ethics and integrity. • upbringing, education, and environment, contrasted with inborn characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality. Often contrasted with nature. DERIVATIVES nur tur er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French noureture ‘nourishment, ’ based on Latin nutrire ‘feed, cherish. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

nurture

nurture |ˈnəːtʃə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] care for and protect (someone or something ) while they are growing: Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a close-knit family. • help or encourage the development of: my father nurtured my love of art. • cherish (a hope, belief, or ambition ): for a long time she had nurtured the dream of buying a shop. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of nurturing someone or something: the nurture of children. • upbringing, education, and environment, contrasted with inborn characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality. Often contrasted with nature. DERIVATIVES nurturer noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French noureture ‘nourishment ’, based on Latin nutrire ‘feed, cherish ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nurture

nurture verb 1 she nurtured her children into adulthood: bring up, care for, take care of, look after, tend, rear, raise, support, foster; parent, mother. ANTONYMS neglect. 2 we nurtured these plants: cultivate, grow, keep, tend. 3 he nurtured my love of art: encourage, promote, stimulate, develop, foster, cultivate, boost, contribute to, assist, help, abet, strengthen, fuel. ANTONYMS hinder. ▶noun 1 we are what nature and nurture have made us: upbringing, rearing, raising, child care; training, education. ANTONYMS nature. 2 the nurture of ideas: encouragement, promotion, fostering, development, cultivation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nurture

nurture verb 1 giving birth to children and nurturing them into adulthood: bring up, care for, provide for, take care of, attend to, look after, rear, support, raise, foster, parent, mother, tend; feed, nourish; rare provender. ANTONYMS neglect. 2 we've nurtured different varieties of plant: cultivate, grow, keep, tend. 3 my father nurtured my love of art: encourage, promote, stimulate, develop, foster, cultivate, further, advance, boost, forward, contribute to, be conducive to, assist, help, aid, abet, strengthen, advantage, fuel. ANTONYMS hinder. ▶noun 1 we are all what nature and nurture have made us: upbringing, bringing up, care, fostering, tending, rearing, raising, training, education. ANTONYMS nature, innate disposition, inherited characteristics. 2 the nurture of ideas: encouragement, promotion, fostering, development, cultivation, boosting, furtherance, advancement. 3 a good base camp where one may receive nurture and rest: food, nourishment, nutrition, nutriment, diet, sustenance, feeding, subsistence; rare alimentation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nurture

nur ture /nə́ː r tʃə r /動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -turing /-tʃ (ə )rɪŋ /他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈子供 若手 植物など 〉を育てる , 養育する ; 教育する, しつける (!しばしば受け身で ) .2 (長期にわたって少しずつ )〈計画 思想 感情など 〉を心に抱 （いだ ）く, はぐくむ, 助長する (cultivate ) (!しばしば受け身で ) ▸ nurture the students' interests in learning 生徒の学習への関心をはぐくむ 3 …に栄養物を与える .名詞 U ｟かたく ｠1 養育 ; 教育, しつけ ; 助長 ▸ nature or [versus ] nurture 生まれか育ちか ; 素質か環境か .2 食物, 栄養物 .