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- Dictionarycherish/ˈtʃɛrɪʃ/
verb
- 1. protect and care for (someone) lovingly: "he needed a woman he could cherish" Similar
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CHERISH definition: 1. to love, protect, and care for someone or something that is important to you: 2. to keep hopes…. Learn more.
The meaning of CHERISH is to hold dear : feel or show affection for. How to use cherish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Cherish.
Cherish definition: to hold or treat as dear; feel love for. See examples of CHERISH used in a sentence.
To cherish something is to care for it deeply, to treasure it, like the way you cherish the time you spend with a favorite person you don't see often. The verb cherish is related to words that mean “costly” and “beloved.”.
to love, protect, and care for someone or something that is important to you: Although I cherish my children, I do allow them their independence. Her most cherished possession is a 1926 letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald. Freedom of speech is a cherished (= carefully protected) right in this country.
Cherish suggests regarding or treating something as an object of affection or as valuable: to cherish a friendship. Foster implies sustaining and nourishing something with care, especially in order to promote, increase, or strengthen it: to foster a hope; to foster enmity.
If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time.
To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
cher·ish. (chĕr′ĭsh) tr.v. cher·ished, cher·ish·ing, cher·ish·es. 1. To treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear: cherish one's family; fine rugs that are cherished by their owners. 2. To keep fondly in mind; treasure: cherish a memory. See Synonyms at appreciate.
CHERISH definition: 1. to love someone or something very much and take care of them 2. If you cherish an idea, hope…. Learn more.
