лелеять — meaning in English

English meaning

• cherish verb To care for someone or something deeply and protect it tenderly.
• enshrine verb To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
• 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 enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
2. verb To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
3. verb To protect (an idea, ideal, or philosophy) within an official law or treaty.

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