Definizione monolingua

cherish

cherish (third-person singular simple present cherishes, present participle cherishing, simple past and past participle cherished)

1. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
2. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
3. (obsolete) To cheer, gladden.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:

     Her merry fit she freshly gan to reare, / And did of ioy and iollitie deuize, / Her selfe to cherish, and her guest to cheare [...].

Definizione dizionario cherish

amare

adorare

accarezzare

apprezzare

coltivare

coltivare con cura

essere affezzionato a

stimare profondamente

volere bene

Altri significati:

To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.

to nurture with care

To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

(obsolete) To cheer, gladden.

to hold dear, foster, promote