care for

phrasal verb

cared for; caring for; cares for

1

: to do the things that are needed to help and protect (a person or animal) : look after (someone or something)

She cares for elderly patients.

Who is caring for your son while you are at work?

2

: to feel affection for (someone)

I got the feeling he never really cared for me.

3

somewhat formal : to like or enjoy (something)

—often used in negative statements

I don't care for jelly beans.

I don't care for your tone of voice.

4

somewhat formal : to want (something)

Would you care for some pie?

Examples of care for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Politico reported that Tuesday is the first time a judge has issued a ruling that broadly prohibits federal prisons from pulling back medical care for transgender inmates. —Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025

CEOs need to recognize that employees' life stages and circumstances shift: becoming a parent, going through a divorce, caring for aging parents. —John Abusaid, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025

Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and begins to care for Laura with motherly devotion. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 June 2025

Vice Chair Alan Levine asked Ono about Michigan’s gender affirming care for minors at its medical facilities and its response to the attacks by Hamas in Israel, criticizing him for those services and for not immediately releasing a statement to Michigan’s campus community following those attacks. —Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025

Rhymes for care for

• albacore
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