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Nurture

Nurture

1. To feed; to nourish.

2. To educate; to bring or train up. He was nurtured where he had been born. (Sir H. Wotton)

Synonym: To nourish, nurse, cherish, bring up, educate, tend.

To nurture, nourish, Cherish. Nourish denotes to supply with food, or cause to grow; as, to nourish a plant, to nourish rebellion. To nurture is to train up with a fostering care, like that of a mother; as, to nurture into strength; to nurture in sound principles. To cherish is to hold and treat as dear; as, to cherish hopes or affections.


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Why are flowers "beautiful"?

“Beautiful” is a relative term. Thus, flowers are beautiful primarily because of nurture: A mother says to the baby: “Look how beautiful this flower is!” Smell and taste are similar. All of us prefer food (both taste and smell) that we were brought up with. While ...

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by Cat
Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:30 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why are flowers "beautiful"?
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Photosynthesis Experiment - Do LED's work?

... the right one was kept on the sunlight. This was only to see for myself that the plant could survive living under LED (leeks are pretty easy to nurture so I don't give much credit to it). Anyways, my current plants all do very well under the LED lights (I don't have any sunlight in my room so ...

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by Vaucheria
Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:49 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Photosynthesis Experiment - Do LED's work?
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Whom are you like?

This is more a psychological question :) Nurture and nature have influence in our lives. Eg. if a child is born in a alcocholic family and the baby is taken away and given to a different family,and raised not knowing he was adopted, as the child ...

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by alexiboo
Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:10 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Whom are you like?
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Whom are you like?

who we are is a combination of our genetic blueprint (nature) and our environmental influences, particularly family (nurture). can you see the workings of nature and nurture in your own life? Do you look like/act like one of your biological parents? If you're adopted or have family ...

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by tomkkk
Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:48 am
 
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Topic: Whom are you like?
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Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.

... build. So that sexual orientation can be changed to some degree, depending on how strongly a persons orientation has been developed through 'nurture'.

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by ThiemMortem
Wed May 05, 2010 1:47 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.
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