лелеять — meaning in English

English meaning

• cherish verb To care for someone or something deeply and protect it tenderly.
• enshrine verb To place a holy object inside a shrine or box, keeping it safe.
• foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.

Senses

лелеять is used for these senses in English:

• cherish To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.
• enshrine (transitive, by extension) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
• foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
• foster (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.

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.

enshrine — full definition

1. verb To place a holy object inside a shrine or box, keeping it safe.
2. verb To keep and treasure something with great care, as if it were sacred.
3. verb To fix an idea or principle firmly in a law or official agreement, so that it is protected.

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