care for

care for
index attend (take care of), cover (guard), foster, harbor, hold (possess), keep (shelter), maintain (sustain), manage, nurture, police, preserve, protect, provide (arrange for), regard (hold in esteem), serve (assist)

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  • care for — feel affection or liking. → care care for look after and provide for the needs of. → care …   English new terms dictionary

  • care for — verb 1. have a liking, fondness, or taste (for) (Freq. 4) • Hypernyms: ↑like • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s VERB ing 2. be fond of; be attached to …   Useful english dictionary

  • care for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms care for : present tense I/you/we/they care for he/she/it cares for present participle caring for past tense cared for past participle cared for 1) care for someone to love someone, especially in a way that is …   English dictionary

  • care for — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To look after] Syn. provide for, attend to, nurse; see guard 2 , raise 2 , support 5 . 2. [To like] Syn. be fond of, hold dear, prize; see cherish 1 , like 1 , 2 , love 1 . 3. [To want] Syn. deSire, yearn for, wish for, have …   English dictionary for students

  • care for — 1) he cares for his children Syn: love, be fond of, be devoted to, treasure, adore, dote on, think the world of, worship, idolize 2) would you care for a cup of coffee? Syn: like, want, desire …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • CARE FOR — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index care for noun care, food verb bring up, dress, grow, nurse, serve, support, tend2, neglect …   English dictionary for students

  • care for — verb a) To attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide. I cared for my ailing mother for five years. b) To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful …   Wiktionary

  • ˈcare for sb — phrasal verb 1) to love someone He really cared for her.[/ex] 2) to do the necessary things for someone who needs help or protection Syn: look after Teach your children how to care for their pets.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • care for — watch over, tend to want, wish for, would like (e.g: Would you care for a drink? ) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • care for — phr verb Care for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑baby, ↑relative, ↑sick …   Collocations dictionary

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