"nurturing" meaning in English

See nurturing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more nurturing [comparative], most nurturing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} nurturing (comparative more nurturing, superlative most nurturing)
  1. Refers to being caring; something which nurtures. Derived forms: nonnurturing, unnurturing
    Sense id: en-nurturing-en-adj-FzWq2eoT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} nurturing
  1. present participle and gerund of nurture Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: nurture
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