Noun

• S: (n) raising, rearing, nurture (the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child)
• S: (n) breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing (helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community) "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

Verb

• S: (v) foster, nurture (help develop, help grow) "nurture his talents"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent (look after a child until it is an adult) "raise a family"; "bring up children"
• S: (v) nourish, nurture, sustain (provide with nourishment) "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"