Nurturing synonyms and antonyms

To cherish is defined as to treat with love or remember fondly.

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To cause to continue, grow, or develop; nourish or foster

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To prop up as with a bolster; support, strengthen, or reinforce

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To nurse; cherish:

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To improve by care, training, or study; refine

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(Archaic) To lift upright; raise.

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To feed or sustain (any plant or animal) with substances necessary to life and growth

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To teach (a child or pet) to control urination and defecation

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To support or promote; encourage:

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neglecting (antonym)

To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.

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sustaining (related)

Sustain is defined as to support something or to endure a trial or hardship.

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ignoring (antonym)

Ignore is defined as to deliberately disregard, or to avoid noticing.

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Provision of support or livelihood:

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Something that sustains something else; essential support:

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subsistence (related)

(Philos.) The status of something that exists in itself as an individual whole

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To act as parent, to raise or rear.

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To stir up; instigate:

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School means to train, educate, teach or discipline someone or something.

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To train or develop the knowledge, skill, mind, or character of, esp. by formal schooling or study; teach; instruct

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depriving (antonym)

Deprive is defined as to withhold or take something away from.

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starving (antonym)

To cause to suffer from a lack or need of something specified

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(Uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

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To prevent from falling or sinking; support:

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To have the care of; watch over; look after:

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Support means to carry, hold up or bear the weight of someone or something.

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To augment; to improve; to intensify.

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To aid in the growth of; strengthen:

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To give lessons or instruction; be a teacher, esp. in a school or college

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