All 44 Uses
nurture
in
The Giver
(Edited)
- Jonas's father's title was Nurturer.
p. 7.2nurturer = in this novel, someone whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- He and the other Nurturers were responsible for all the physical and emotional needs of every new-child during its earliest life.
p. 7.3nurturers = in this novel, people whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- We have him in the extra care section for supplementary nurturing, but the committee's beginning to talk about releasing him.
p. 7.5nurturing = helping development and growth
- This was especially troubling for the Nurturers, like Father, who felt they had failed somehow.
p. 7.9nurturers = in this novel, people whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- You know what the night-crew Nurturers are like.
p. 8.1
- It was a lesser job, night-crew nurturing, assigned to those who lacked the interest or skills or insight for the more vital jobs of the daytime hours.
p. 8.2nurturing = helping development and growth
- One at a time — there were always fifty in each year's group, if none had been released — they had been brought to the stage by the Nurturers who had cared for them since birth.
p. 11.7nurturers = in this novel, people whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- Some were already walking, wobbly on their unsteady legs; others were no more than a few days old, wrapped in blankets, held by their Nurturers.
p. 11.9
- The committee always makes the list in advance, and it's right there in the office at the Nurturing Center.
p. 12.2nurturing = helping development and growth
- It was right there in the office, and I looked up number Thirty-six — that's the little guy I've been concerned about — because it occurred to me that it might enhance his nurturing if I could call him by a name.
p. 12.4
- He remembered climbing the steps to the stage with his parents, his father by his side that year instead of with the Nurturers, since it was the year that he would be given a newchild of his own.
p. 13.1nurturers = in this novel, people whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- I spent almost all of my volunteer hours helping in the Nurturing Center.
p. 15.8nurturing = helping development and growth
- "So I expected it, and I was pleased, but not at all surprised, when my Assignment was announced as Nurturer," Father explained.
p. 16.1nurturer = someone whose job is to help others to develop and grow
- Though he respected his father's work, Nurturer would not be his wish.
p. 16.4nurturer = in this novel, someone whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- "You know," he said, "I remember when Asher was a newchild at the Nurturing Center, before he was named."
p. 17.3nurturing = helping development and growth
- All of us on the staff enjoyed nurturing Asher.
p. 17.4nurturing = helping development and growth of
- Every day, at the Nurturing Center, I play bounce-on-the-knee, and peek-a-boo, and hug-the-teddy.
p. 18.5nurturing = helping development and growth
- If you enjoy the little ones so much, you should hope for an Assignment as Nurturer.
p. 22.6nurturer = in this novel, someone whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- "When you're an Eight and start your volunteer hours, you can try some at the Nurturing Center," Mother suggested.
p. 22.6nurturing = helping development and growth
- Jonas slowed and looked at the nametags on the bicycles lined up outside the Nurturing Center.
p. 27.7
- Father asked, looking down at the basket where the newchild lay gurgling after his feeding, ready to be taken back to the Nurturing Center for the day.
p. 35.1
- For the earliest ceremony, the Naming, the Nurturers brought the newchildren to the stage.
p. 41.9nurturers = in this novel, people whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- It wasn't at all hard to spot the Nurturers' section at the front; coming from it were the wails and howls of the newchildren who sat squirming on the Nurturers' laps.
p. 42.1
- It wasn't at all hard to spot the Nurturers' section at the front; coming from it were the wails and howls of the newchildren who sat squirming on the Nurturers' laps.
p. 42.1
- Gabe was back at the Nurturing Center today, being cared for by the night crew.
p. 42.3nurturing = helping development and growth
- He had been given an unusual and special reprieve from the committee, and granted an additional year of nurturing before his Naming and Placement.
p. 42.4nurturing = help to develop and grow
- He would continue to be nurtured at the Center and would spend his nights with Jonas's family unit.
p. 42.7nurtured = helped to develop and grow
- The first Ceremony began right on time, and Jonas watched as one after another each newchild was given a name and handed by the Nurturers to its new family unit.
p. 43.3nurturers = in this novel, people whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- It was an exhausting day, and even Gabriel, retrieved in his basket from the Nurturing Center, slept soundly that night.
p. 45.5nurturing = helping development and growth
- What we observe as playfulness and patience — the requirements to become Nurturer — could, with maturity, be revealed as simply foolishness and indolence.
p. 61.7nurturer = in this novel, someone whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- Lily chattered about her plans for volunteer work; she would begin, she said, at the Nurturing Center, since she was already an expert at feeding Gabriel.
p. 66.8nurturing = helping development and growth
- The newchild, Gabriel, was growing, and successfully passed the tests of maturity that the Nurturers gave each month; he could sit alone, now, could reach for and grasp small play objects, and he had six teeth.
p. 113.9nurturers = in this novel, people whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- I'll have to select the one to be nurtured, and the one to be released.
p. 114.8 *nurtured = helped to develop and grow
- Larissa's life Elsewhere would be quiet and serene as befit the Old; she would not welcome the responsibility of nurturing a newchild who needed feeding and care, and would likely cry at night.
p. 115.4nurturing = caring for and helping to develop
- He could be upgraded in the Nurturing Center, Father said happily, now that he slept; he could be officially named and given to his family in December, which was only two months away.
p. 128.1nurturing = helping development and growth
- The Nurturers were very optimistic about Gabriel's future.
p. 128.4nurturers = in this novel, people whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- The substitute Laborers, who would be given a different holiday, took over all the necessary tasks: nurturing, food delivery, and care of the Old; and the community was free.
p. 130.4nurturing = helping development and growth
- The first steps of a newchild were always the occasion for celebration at the Nurturing Center, Father said, but also for the introduction of a discipline wand.
p. 136.2
- I weigh them, hand the larger over to a Nurturer who's standing by, waiting, and then I get the smaller one all cleaned up and comfy.
p. 136.9nurturer = in this novel, someone whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- Suddenly he could see a small windowless room, empty except for a bed, a table with some equipment on it — Jonas recognized a scale; he had seen them before, when he'd been doing volunteer hours at the Nurturing Center — and a cupboard.
p. 147.9nurturing = helping development and growth
- Jonas's father, wearing his nurturing uniform, entered the room, cradling a tiny newchild wrapped in a soft blanket in his arms.
p. 148.2
- And the other Nurturer is his assistant.
p. 148.5nurturer = in this novel, someone whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- The two Nurturers unwrapped the blankets and laid the identical newborns on the bed.
p. 148.5nurturers = in this novel, people whose job is to care for infants in the Nurturing Center before they are placed with families
- Well, you know he wasn't here when you got home this morning because we had him stay overnight at the Nurturing Center.
p. 164.6nurturing = helping development and growth
Definitions:
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(1)
(nurture) help develop or growA particular sense of nurture is often contrasted with a particular sense of nature.
In the comparison, nurture refers to external influences on a person's development such as being loved, cared for, and taught. Nature in contrast refers to the inherent genetic influences on a person's development.
Studies of identical twins who grew up in different homes are used to better understand the influences of each. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)