nurture

¹nur·ture

noun \ˈnər-chər\

Definition of NURTURE

1

: training, upbringing

2

: something that nourishes : food

3

: the sum of the environmental factors influencing the behavior and traits expressed by an organism

Examples of NURTURE

1. Members of the family helped in the nurture of the baby.

Origin of NURTURE

Middle English norture, nurture, from Anglo-French nureture, from Late Latin nutritura act of nursing, from Latin nutritus, past participle of nutrire to suckle, nourish — more at nourish

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with NURTURE

Bircher