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| cradle |
to nurture or care for tenderly in infancy. [1/6 definitions] |
| educate |
to nurture the moral or social development of. [1/4 definitions] |
| foster |
to nurture and rear, as a parent. [3/4 definitions] |
| Maria Montessori |
Italian-born U.S. psychiatrist and educator who founded an educational method for young children that emphasizes self-directed, independent learning and nurture of the whole personality (b.1870--d.1952). |
| mother1 |
to care for and nurture, especially in a tender or excessive way. [1/9 definitions] |
| nourish |
to maintain, support, or provide for; nurture. [1/3 definitions] |
| orphan |
any person or animal that is without parents, abandoned, or otherwise left without nurture or support. [1/5 definitions] |
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