care, maintenance, upkeep
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
care, attention, aid, tending
(noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; “no medical care was required”; “the old car needs constant attention”
care, charge, tutelage, guardianship
(noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety; “he is in the care of a bodyguard”
caution, precaution, care, forethought
(noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; “he exercised caution in opening the door”; “he handled the vase with care”
care
(noun) a cause for feeling concern; “his major care was the illness of his wife”
concern, care, fear
(noun) an anxious feeling; “care had aged him”; “they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction”
care
(verb) feel concern or interest; “I really care about my work”; “I don’t care”
wish, care, like
(verb) prefer or wish to do something; “Do you care to try this dish?”; “Would you like to come along to the movies?”
manage, deal, care, handle
(verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; “I can deal with this crew of workers”; “This blender can’t handle nuts”; “She managed her parents’ affairs after they got too old”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Care (plural Cares)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Care is the 31790th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 726 individuals. Care is most common among White (90.36%) individuals.
• Acre, CERA, Cera, Crea, Race, acer, acre, e-car, race, race-
care (countable and uncountable, plural cares)
(obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
Close attention; concern; responsibility.
Worry.
Maintenance, upkeep.
The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
The state of being cared for by others.
The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
care (third-person singular simple present cares, present participle caring, simple past and past participle cared)
(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
(intransitive, polite, formal) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards.
(intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.
(intransitive, Appalachia) To mind; to object.
• The sense "to want" is most commonly found as an interrogative or negative sentence, and may take a for clause (would you care for some tea?) or (as a catenative verb) takes a to infinitive (would you care to go with me?). See English catenative verbs.
• Acre, CERA, Cera, Crea, Race, acer, acre, e-car, race, race-
Source: Wiktionary
Care, n. Etym: [AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara sorrow Goth. kara lament, and to Gr. . Not akin to cure. Cf. Chary.]
1. A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude. Care keeps his wath in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. Shak.
2. Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity. The care of all the churches. 2 Car. xi. 28 Him thy care must be to find. Milton. Perlexed with a thousand cares. Shak.
3. Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care. I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. Shak.
4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety. Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares. Spenser.
Syn.
– Anxiety; solicitude; concern; caution; regard; management; direction; oversight.
– Care, Anxiety, Solicitude, Concern. These words express mental pain in different degress. Care belongs primarily to the intellect, and becomes painful from overburdened thought. Anxiety denotes a state of distressing uneasiness fron the dread of evil. Solicitude expresses the same feeling in a diminished dagree. Concern is opposed to indifference, and implies exercise of anxious thought more or less intense. We are careful about the means, solicitous and anxious about the end; we are solicitous to obtain a good, axious to avoid an evil.
Care, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cared; p. pr. & vb. n. Caring.] Etym: [AS. cearian. See Care, n.]
Definition: To be anxious or solictous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure. I would not care a pin, if the other three were in. Shak. Master, carest thou not that we perish Mark. iv. 38. To care for. (a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of. (b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love. He cared not for the affection of the house. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
