foster
suckle
see to
savour
take in
nursemaid
sentimentalize
nurture
take
take a shine to
gird up one's loins
cherishable
mess with
ease
maudlinize
admiring
see someone right
adore
for one's liking
breastfeed
give it some welly
care for
emasculatory
reverence
comfortingly
consolingly
hydromassage
pleasure
take to heart
excitive
like
healful
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dream
ambition
desideration
gloze
overcherish
gee
pedanticize
nursable
commiserate
aspiration
comprise
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yen
coddle
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give a hundred percent
welcome
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speak to
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cherishingly
massageable
thank
compassionate
feed
feel one's oats
go a bundle on
cherisher
cherish
consecration
cherishment
feel ten feet tall
take a fancy to
pride
return the favor
above
put one's heart in
appreciate
besoothe
love
beseek
lap
day
behovefully
treat
wet nurse
face
revere
take kindly
do it
appreciatable
hankering
fear
heart's desire
death on
minister
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nursing
humbly
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gratifiable
in honour of
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breastfeed
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verb
- To enjoy or appreciate.
- To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- To tighten (a belaying rope). (Also take up.)
- To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- To absorb or comprehend.
- To attend a showing of.
- To reef.
verb
- To experience or feel.
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
- To give respite to (someone).
- To move (something) slowly and carefully.
- To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- To reduce the difficulty of (something).
- To proceed with little effort.
- To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- To lessen in intensity.
noun
- Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
- Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
- Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
- Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.
- Ability, the means to do something
- Freedom from difficulty.
- Skill, dexterity, facility.
- Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.
- Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.
- Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
- Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
verb
verb
noun
verb
- be fond of
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
- want to have
adj
adj
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- equal in amount or value
- having the same or similar characteristics
noun
verb
- To cherish; to comfort.
- To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
- To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
- To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
- To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
- To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.
noun
- a cherished desire
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
- someone or something wonderful
verb
verb
- To accept something willingly or gladly.
- To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
noun
- The utterance of such a greeting.
- The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
- Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.
- The state of being a welcome guest.
intj
adj
verb
- To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- To give to a machine to be processed.
- To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.
- To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.
- To supply with something.
- To pass to.
- To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- To eat (usually of animals).
- To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
noun
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- Something supplied continuously.
- Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- A meal.
- A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
verb
noun
- Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal.
- That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
- A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; rejection of shame
- Show; ostentation; glory.
- The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
- Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.
- The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.
- Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
- Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
- A company of lions or other large felines.
prep
- In preference to.
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
- Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
- Higher in rank, status, or position.
- Farther north than.
- Upstage of.
- Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
- Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
- Beyond; on the other side.
- Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
- In addition to; besides.
adj
adv
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- More in number.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
noun
verb
- To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
- To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
- To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
- To derive delight from a fact or situation.
- To need, thrive on.
- To have sex with (perhaps from make love).
noun
- A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
- A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
- A deep caring for the existence of another.
- Nothing; no recompense.
- An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.
- Sexual activity.
- Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
- A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.
- A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
- A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
- A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
- Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
- A profound and caring affection towards someone.
- Zero, no score.
- Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.
verb
verb
- To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- to envelop, enfold
- to wind around
- To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
- To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
- To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
- To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
- To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
- To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
- To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
- To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
- to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
- To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
noun
- A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.
- The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
- The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).
- The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
- In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
- One circuit around a race track.
- An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
- That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
- The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
- A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
- The act or process of lapping.
- The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
- a place of rearing and fostering
- The upper legs of a seated person.
verb
noun
- Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
- Any period of 24 hours.
- The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
- A period from midnight to the following midnight.
- A period of contention of a day or less.
- A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
- A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
- Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
verb
- To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
- To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
- To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
- To provide something special and pleasant.
- To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
- To commit the offence of providing food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence a voter.
- To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
- To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
- To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
noun
verb
- To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
- To have the front in a certain direction.
- To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.
- To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- To have as an opponent.
- To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- To be the batsman on strike.
- To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
noun
- A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
- The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- The mouth.
- The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- One's facial expression.
- A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
- The front surface of a bat.
- The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
- The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- Public image; outward appearance.
- Presence; sight; front.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- The directed force of something.
- Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- A typeface.
- A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
verb
- To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
- to function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship
noun
- A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
- A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
- A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
- In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
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