cherish

  • 11cherish — [v] care about deeply admire, adore, appreciate, apprize, care for, clasp, cleave to, cling to, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, hold dear, hold in …

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  • 12cherish — ► VERB 1) protect and care for lovingly. 2) have (a hope or ambition) over a long period. ORIGIN Old French cherir, from cher dear …

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  • 13Cherish — Demande de traduction Cherish (group) → C …

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  • 14cherish — cherishable, adj. cherisher, n. cherishingly, adv. /cher ish/, v.t. 1. to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one s native land. 2. to care for tenderly; nurture: to cherish a child. 3. to cling fondly or inveterately to: to cherish… …

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  • 15cherish — [[t]tʃe̱rɪʃ[/t]] cherishes, cherishing, cherished 1) VERB If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time. [V n] The president will cherish the memory of this visit to Ohio... [V n] …

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  • 16cherish — cher|ish [ˈtʃerıʃ] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: cherir, from chier dear , from Latin carus] 1.) if you cherish something, it is very important to you ▪ He was a man who cherished his privacy. ▪ I still cherish the memory of that… …

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  • 17cherish — cher•ish [[t]ˈtʃɛr ɪʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to regard or treat as dear 2) to care for tenderly; nurture 3) to cling fondly to: to cherish a memory[/ex] • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < MF cheriss , long s. of cherir, v. der. of cher dear (< L cārus)… …

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  • 18cherish — UK [ˈtʃerɪʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms cherish : present tense I/you/we/they cherish he/she/it cherishes present participle cherishing past tense cherished past participle cherished 1) to keep something pleasant in your mind for a long… …

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  • 19cherish — verb a) To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid. Her merry fit she freshly gan to reare, / And did of ioy and iollitie deuize, / Her selfe to cherish, and her guest to cheare [...]. b) To hold dear; to… …

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  • 20cherish — verb 1) a woman he could cherish Syn: adore, hold dear, love, dote on, be devoted to, revere, esteem, admire; think the world of, set great store by, hold in high esteem; care for, tend to, look after, protect, preserve, kee …

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