vaalia — meaning in English

English meaning

• cherish verb To care for someone or something deeply and protect it tenderly.
• foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
• treasure noun A valuable collection of money, jewels, or other precious things.

Senses

vaalia is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• foster (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
• treasure (transitive, of a person or thing) To consider to be precious; to value highly.

cherish — full definition

1. verb To care for someone or something deeply and protect it tenderly.
2. verb To hold an idea, memory, or hope dear.

foster — full definition

1. verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
2. verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
3. adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.

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