See nurture in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
nurture cultivate foster nurse
These verbs mean to promote and sustain the growth and development of: nurturing hopes; cultivating tolerance; foster friendly relations; nursed the fledgling business.
See nurture in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
Something fit to be eaten:
aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. (Slang) chow, eats, grub. See ingestion
verb
To promote and sustain the development of:
cultivate, foster, nourish, nurse. See care for
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