Definitions for nurture
ˈnɜr tʃərnur·ture

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. raising, rearing, nurturenoun

   the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

2. breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringingverb

   helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

   "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

3. foster, nurtureverb

   help develop, help grow

   "nurture his talents"

4. rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parentverb

   bring up

   "raise a family"; "bring up children"

5. nourish, nurture, sustainverb

   provide with nourishment

   "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nurturenoun

   The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.

2. nurturenoun

   That which nourishes; food; diet.

3. nurturenoun

   The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.

4. nurtureverb

   to nourish or nurse

5. Etymology: From norture, noriture, from norriture, norreture, from nutritura, from nutrire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NURTUREnoun

   Etymology: contracted from nourriture, French.

   1. Food; diet.

   For this did th’ angel twice descend?
   Ordain’d thy nurture holy, as of a plant
   Select and sacred. John Milton, Agonistes.

   2. Education; institution. Little used.

   She should take order for bringing up of wards in good nurture, not suffer them to come into bad hands. Edmund Spenser.

   The thorny point
   Of bare distress, hath ta’en from me the shew
   Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred,
   And know some nurture. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

2. To Nurtureverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To educate; to train; to bring up.

   Thou broughtest it up with thy righteousness, and nurturedst it in thy law, and reformedst it with thy judgment. 2 Esdr. viii. 12.

   He was nurtured where he had been born in his first rudiments, till the years of ten. Henry Wotton.

   When an insolent despiser of discipline, nurtured into impudence, shall appear before a church governour, severity and resolution are that governour’s virtues. South.

   2. To nurture up; to bring by care and food to maturity.

   They suppose mother earth to be a great animal, and to have nurtured up her young offspring with a conscious tenderness. Richard Bentley, Serm.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nurture

   Nature versus nurture is a long-standing debate in biology and society about the balance between two competing factors which determine fate: genetics (nature) and environment (nurture). The alliterative expression "nature and nurture" in English has been in use since at least the Elizabethan period and goes back to medieval French.The complementary combination of the two concepts is an ancient concept (Ancient Greek: ἁπό φύσεως καὶ εὐτροφίας). Nature is what people think of as pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors. Nurture is generally taken as the influence of external factors after conception e.g. the product of exposure, experience and learning on an individual. The phrase in its modern sense was popularized by the Victorian polymath Francis Galton, the modern founder of eugenics and behavioral genetics when he was discussing the influence of heredity and environment on social advancement. Galton was influenced by On the Origin of Species written by his half-cousin, the evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin. The view that humans acquire all or almost all their behavioral traits from "nurture" was termed tabula rasa ('blank tablet, slate') by John Locke in 1690. A blank slate view (sometimes termed blank-slatism) in human developmental psychology, which assumes that human behavioral traits develop almost exclusively from environmental influences, was widely held during much of the 20th century. The debate between "blank-slate" denial of the influence of heritability, and the view admitting both environmental and heritable traits, has often been cast in terms of nature versus nurture. These two conflicting approaches to human development were at the core of an ideological dispute over research agendas throughout the second half of the 20th century. As both "nature" and "nurture" factors were found to contribute substantially, often in an inextricable manner, such views were seen as naive or outdated by most scholars of human development by the 21st century.The strong dichotomy of nature versus nurture has thus been claimed to have limited relevance in some fields of research. Close feedback loops have been found in which nature and nurture influence one another constantly, as seen in self-domestication. In ecology and behavioral genetics, researchers think nurture has an essential influence on nature. Similarly in other fields, the dividing line between an inherited and an acquired trait becomes unclear, as in epigenetics or fetal development.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nurture

   Nurture refers to the care and attention given to someone or something that influences their development. This could involve supporting, educating, protecting or encouraging growth in a physical, social, emotional, or intellectual sense. It can apply to concepts such as child rearing or the growth of ideas, projects, or relationships.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nurturenoun

   the act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training

2. Nurturenoun

   that which nourishes; food; diet

3. Nurtureverb

   to feed; to nourish

4. Nurtureverb

   to educate; to bring or train up

5. Etymology: [OE. norture, noriture, OF. norriture, norreture, F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing, suckling. See Nourish.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nurture

   nurt′ūr, n. act of nursing or nourishing: nourishment: education: instruction.—v.t. to nourish: to bring up: to educate.—n. Nurt′urer. [O. Fr. noriture (Fr. nourriture)—Low L. nutritura—L. nutrīre, to nourish.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nurture

   To support with love and understanding.

   They always chose to nurture their children, ensuring they listened, had lots of fun together and knew that discussion really had its place at their kitchen table so every voice is heard.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Encourage
   • Supply
   • Upbringing

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nurture in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nurture in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of nurture in a Sentence

1. Cesar Rubio:

   I try to nurture that, i feel that I'm contributing, even if it's only like a small part. Especially scientific research, it's satisfying for me.

2. Business Minister Shriti Vadera:

   I love the Britain that can nurture immigrants like me and make them its own.

3. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   Our lasting legacy lies not in the towering stone structures, but in the forests we nurture, the oceans we safeguard, and the skies we keep pure.

4. Lee C. Bollinger:

   Nurture an appetite for being puzzled, for being confused, indeed for being openly stupid, and that - despite what you may think - is very difficult...We all know the cliche' that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. It is also true that a lot of knowledge can be a dangerous thing as well...use your ignorance as well as your knowledge for creative means.

5. Yvonne Padmos:

   Rather than seeking millions of followers, let us strive to invest in education systems that teach the true worth of a million - not as a mere numerical quantity, but as an empowering tool of knowledge and empathy. Let us nurture connections that transcend shallow fame, focusing on cultivating compassion and understanding among humanity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nurture
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nurture
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=nurture
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurture
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nurture
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=nurture
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nurture