W: (n) rearing [Related to: rear] (the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child)
W: (n) rearing [Related to: rear] (helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community) "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
W: (n) raising [Related to: raise] (the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child)
W: (n) nurture [Related to: nurture] (helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community) "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
W: (n) nurture [Related to: nurture] (the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child)
W: (n) parent [Related to: 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)
W: (n) parentage [Related to: parent] (the state of being a parent) "to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man"
W: (n) parentage [Related to: parent] (the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents)
W: (n) parentage [Related to: parent] (the descendants of one individual) "his entire lineage has been warriors"
S: (v) think of, have in mind, mean (intend to refer to) "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
S: (v) associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect (make a logical or causal connection) "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
S: (v) think, cogitate, cerebrate (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments) "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"