Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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nurture | Yes | No | Yes | No |
cradle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
nurture (noun) | cradle (noun) |
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helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | a baby bed with sides and rockers |
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold |
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | |
birth of a person |
nurture (verb) | cradle (verb) |
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help develop, help grow | run with the stick |
provide with nourishment | hold gently and carefully |
look after a child until it is an adult | wash in a cradle |
cut grain with a cradle scythe | |
hold or place in or as if in a cradle | |
bring up from infancy |