nurtures in English

noun

1

the process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something.

the nurture of ethics and integrity

synonyms: encouragement, promotion, fostering, development, cultivation

verb

1

care for and encourage the growth or development of.

Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a close-knit family

synonyms: bring up, care for, take care of, look after, tend, rear, raise, support, foster, parent, mother, hand-rear, encourage, promote, stimulate, develop, foster, cultivate, boost, contribute to, assist, help, abet, strengthen, fuel

noun

upbringing, rearing, raising, child care, training, education
encouragement, promotion, fostering, development, cultivation
bringing up, upbringing, breeding, raising, fosterage, rearing, fostering
raising, rearing

verb

bring up, cultivate, encourage, nourish, raise, foster
bring up, care for, take care of, look after, tend, rear, raise, support, foster, parent, mother, hand-rear
cultivate, grow, keep, tend
encourage, promote, stimulate, develop, foster, cultivate, boost, contribute to, assist, help, abet, strengthen, fuel
nourish, sustain
raise, parent, bring up, rear
foster

Use "nurtures" in a sentence

1. Such love nurtures and sustains faith in God.

2. Argufy is a fun, interactive app that nurtures healthy competition among friends

3. In addition, mud nurtures mollusks, lugworms, and rag worms, along with other invertebrates.

4. Acse nurtures people to reach their potential and create positive change in individuals, which leads to a better society in which to live and work.

5. Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) Creativity.

6. I don't think I can continue to live in a place... that embraces, nurtures apathy as if it was a virtue.

7. Cels Mission Support a collaborative Canadian Life Science community in California that nurtures connections and knowledge to advance innovations on the path to commercialization.

8. To be faithful to this sacred calling, a Catechist studies church doctrine, develops appropriate teaching skills and nurtures his or her spiritual life and personal faith formation.

9. The accumulated expertise in the indicated areas nurtures the growing demand for policy advice and capacity-building initiatives from the UNECE member States, which continue to expand.

10. Congregation Brith Shalom, a Conservative synagogue, is an intimate and welcoming community that nurtures every individual's Jewish journey through Torah (Jewish learning), Chesed (social action), Kavannah (spirituality), and Kehillah (community).

11. Covenant Presbyterian is a dynamic Christian community that gladly invites all people into a transformational experience of faith; boldly proclaims the gospel; bravely works toward a whole and just world; and passionately nurtures discipleship.

12. Hypernyms ("Begetter" is a kind of): parent(a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian)

13. Full disclosure: InvestorGuide and Businessdictionary are both operated by WebFinance, Inc., which bills itself as “an internet company that designs, builds and nurtures business opportunities where technology and finance intersect.” I have no business connection with WebFinance or its properties.

14. Asia pacific is home to over 4.3 billion people (60 percent of the global population), nurtures some of the oldest cultures on the planet, and offers a wealth of diverse landscapes and seascapes—from the heights of the Himalayas to the depths of the Pacific Ocean

15. She has abrupt periods of mental instability and nurtures psychic and “intuitive” abilities, but although the R. Tam sessions imply that she may have already had some form of latent psychic abilities prior to being recruited, how and when this translated into her apparently full-fledged mind-reading abilities is unknown.