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[nurs] 
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nurse
[nurs]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, tend |
| Synonyms: | advance, aid, attend, baby-sit, cherish, cradle, cultivate, encourage, father, feed, forward, foster, further, harbor, humor, immunize, indulge, inoculate, irradiate, keep alive, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, medicate, minister to, mother, nourish, nurture, pamper, preserve, promote, see to, serve, sit, succor, support, take care of, take charge of, treat, vaccinate, wait on, watch out for, watch over |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | attend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for |
| Synonyms: | be in the service of, do for, doctor, look after, mind, minister to, nurse, serve, take care of, tend, wait upon, watch, work for |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | baby |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | treat like a child |
| Synonyms: | cater to, cherish, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, dote on, foster, humor, indulge, nurse, overindulge, pamper, pet, please, satisfy, serve, spoil |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend to |
| Synonyms: | attend, baby sit, consider, foster, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, mind, mind the store, minister, mother, nurse, nurture, pay attention to, protect, provide for, ride herd on, sit, take pains, tend, treasure, wait on, watch, watch over |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | cherish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care about deeply |
| Synonyms: | admire, adore, appreciate, apprize, care for, clasp, cleave to, cling to, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, hold dear, hold in high esteem, honor, hug, idolize, like, love, nourish, nurse, nurture, pet, preserve, prize, revere, reverence, safeguard, shelter, shield, support, sustain, treasure, value, venerate, worship |
| Notes: | cherish means to be fond of, be attached to, while nurture means to bring up, help develop, help grow, or provide with nourishment |
| Antonyms: | abandon, denounce, forsake, not care, renounce |
| Main Entry: | coddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indulge, pamper |
| Synonyms: | baby, caress, cater to, cosset, cotton, favor, humor, make much of, make over, mollycoddle, nurse, pet, play up to, spoil |
| Antonyms: | ignore, turn away |
| Main Entry: | conserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save, protect |
| Synonyms: | cut back, cut down on, go easy on, hoard, keep, maintain, nurse, preserve, safeguard, scrimp, skimp, sock away, squirrel, squirrel away, stash, steward, store up, support, sustain, take care of, use sparingly |
| Antonyms: | destroy, neglect, spend, squander, use, waste |
| Main Entry: | cradle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in arms; nurture |
| Synonyms: | lull, nestle, nourish, nurse, rock, support, tend, watch over |
| Main Entry: | cultivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enrich situation; give special attention |
| Synonyms: | advance, ameliorate, better, bolster, bring on, brownnose, butter up, cherish, civilize, court, develop, discipline, elevate, encourage, enrich, foster, further, get in with, get next to, get on good side of, improve, nourish, nurse, nurture, play up to, polish, promote, refine, run after, seek friendship, shine up to, suck up to, take pains with, train |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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