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
The Tabard is certainly as celebrated and cherished as those.
“It is now more important than ever that we all come together and work hard to further the values and ideals that so many in this country cherish,” Lucas said.
Cruelly, a pandemic that has taken more than half a million lives worldwide has disrupted cherished funeral and grieving rituals.
Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic? | Sujata Gupta | August 14, 2020 | Science NewsAficionados of this style don’t care for “abstract nonsense” and cherish the peculiarities of the concrete case, warts and all.
I just think that we understand the nature of the Communist Party in that it is adversarial to the values and systems that we cherish.
Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China? (Ep. 414) | Stephen J. Dubner | April 23, 2020 | Freakonomics
The story made it even clearer why the players cherished Lewis as much as they did.
Not only did a cherished character get a bullet to the brain, but things are only going to get worse on The Walking Dead.
‘Walking Dead’ Showrunner Scott Gimple Teases ‘Darker, Weirder’ Times Ahead | Melissa Leon | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBartholdi cherished and valued the physical world, as he made quite clear in his letters and diaries.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty | Elizabeth Mitchell | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe unspoken controversy surrounding Hall lies in that he is challenging the status quo, which is cherished in Texas.
The University of Texas’s Machiavellian War on Its Regent | David Davis | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShaffer is a vital, cherished and cherishing grounding influence.
He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThat title of Castile might become the cherished ideal in the Philippines if it were valued as I desire.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanJoachim, as time showed, never forgave the Emperor for the failure of his cherished plan.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHe laughed, with the fine air of one who sees approaching the fruition of long-cherished plans.
The Red Year | Louis TracyVery soon after I settled in Dublin I was able to carry out a long cherished wish.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
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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