cherish
to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
to care for tenderly; nurture: to cherish a child.
to cling fondly or inveterately to: to cherish a memory.
Origin of cherish
1synonym study For cherish
Other words for cherish
Opposites for cherish
Other words from cherish
- cher·ish·a·ble, adjective
- cher·ish·er, noun
- cher·ish·ing·ly, adverb
- o·ver·cher·ish, verb (used with object)
- o·ver·cher·ished, adjective
- un·cher·ished, adjective
- un·cher·ish·ing, adjective
- well-cherished, adjective
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How to use cherish in a sentence
She cherishes, she says, the friendships she enjoys with “her fellow sisters and brothers in the Islamic State.”
The ISIS Online Campaign Luring Western Girls to Jihad | Jamie Dettmer | August 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPut the music that your loved one cherishes on an MP3 player.
The daddy party cherishes its self-image as the party of toughness, of self-reliance, of up-by-the-bootstraps fortitude.
Squishes, Step Aside: Ted Cruz and Chris Christie’s Old-School Manliness | Michelle Cottle | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's because Israel cherishes life that Israel cherishes peace, and seeks peace.
Oh, and what is the occupation-cum-settlements, which Hanegbi cherishes, if not an existential threat to the Palestinian people?
But if God is good, if he cherishes his creatures, if he knows their wants, it seems superfluous to pray to him.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachMy father's views in ecclesiastical and civil policy are as dear to him as the life which he cherishes only to advance them.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter ScottThere is something in every heart that shrinks from public gaze, and every family justly cherishes the privacy of the household.
The Hearth-Stone | Samuel OsgoodHe cherishes a love for the ‘angle art,’ and I must say usually succeeds in his fishing exploits much better than he has to-day.
Letters from the Alleghany Mountains | Charles LanmanThe Master said, The gentleman cherishes mind, the small man cherishes dirt.
The Sayings Of Confucius | Confucius
British Dictionary definitions for cherish
/ (ˈtʃɛrɪʃ) /
to show great tenderness for; treasure
to cling fondly to (a hope, idea, etc); nurse: to cherish ambitions
Origin of cherish
1Derived forms of cherish
- cherishable, adjective
- cherisher, noun
- cherishingly, adverb
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