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отглеждам — meaning in English

otglezhdam

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English meaning

  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • cultivate verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
  • farm noun Land, together with its buildings, used for growing crops or raising animals.
  • foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  • nourish verb To feed something so it grows and stays healthy.
  • nurse noun A person trained to care for the sick or injured, typically working under a doctor.
  • parent noun A person who raises, cares for, or has legal responsibility for a child.
  • raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.
  • rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.

Senses

отглеждам is used for these senses in English:

  • cultivate To grow plants, notably crops.
  • farm (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
  • foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
  • foster (transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
  • nourish (transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
  • nourish (transitive) To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
  • nurse (transitive, figuratively) To cultivate or persistently entertain (an attitude, usually negative) in one's mind; to brood or obsess over.
  • parent To act as parent, to raise or rear.

breed — full definition

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

cultivate — full definition

  1. verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
  2. verb To develop or improve a skill, relationship, or quality over time.

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