Associations to the word «Cherish»

Wiktionary

CHERISH, verb. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
CHERISH, verb. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
CHERISH, verb. (obsolete) To cheer, gladden.

Dictionary definition

CHERISH, verb. Be fond of; be attached to.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne