"care for" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-care for.wav Forms: cares for [present, singular, third-person], caring for [participle, present], cared for [participle, past], cared for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} care for (third-person singular simple present cares for, present participle caring for, simple past and past participle cared for)
  1. (transitive) To attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide. Tags: transitive Synonyms: look after, take care of Synonyms (to see to): besee Translations (to look after — see also look after, take care of): soigner (French), φροντίζω (frontízo) (Greek), νοιάζομαι (noiázomai) (Greek), تیمار ایتمك (timar etmek) (Ottoman Turkish), تیمارلمق (timarlamak) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-care_for-en-verb-fTIIklfX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "for", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "for": 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'to see to': 78 22 Disambiguation of 'to look after — see also look after, take care of': 93 7
  2. (transitive) To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to like or appreciate): think much of
    Sense id: en-care_for-en-verb-9C6ttP7Z Disambiguation of 'to like or appreciate': 2 98

Inflected forms

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          "word": "تیمار ایتمك"
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      "sense": "to look after — see also look after, take care of",
      "word": "soigner"
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