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Care

noun

1.

The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something. Synonyms: aid, attention, tending. "The old car needs constant attention"

2.

Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger. Synonyms: caution, forethought, precaution. "He handled the vase with care"

3.

An anxious feeling. Synonyms: concern, fear. "They hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

4.

A cause for feeling concern.

5.

Attention and management implying responsibility for safety. Synonyms: charge, guardianship, tutelage.

6.

Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order. Synonyms: maintenance, upkeep.

verb

(past & past part. cared; pres. part. caring)

1.

Feel concern or interest. "I don't care"

2.

Provide care for. Synonym: give care.

3.

Prefer or wish to do something. Synonyms: like, wish. "Would you like to come along to the movies?"

4.

Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of. Synonyms: deal, handle, manage. "This blender can't handle nuts" , "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

5.

Be concerned with. Synonym: worry.

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"Care" Quotes from Famous Books

... concentration (osmotic pressure) of which has been raised through the addition of a definite amount of some salt or sugar, the eggs will segment and develop normally, when transferred back to normal sea-water. If care is taken, practically all the eggs can be caused to develop into plutei, the majority of which may be perfectly normal and may live as long as larvae produced from eggs ...

— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others

... Kekwick in charge of the party, started with King and Thring to the water hole that I discovered on the 15th ultimo; arrived in the afternoon and camped. This water hole I have named Frew's Water Hole, in token of my approbation of his care of, and attention to, the horses. This waterhole is about twenty feet below the plain, surrounded by a conglomerate ironstone rock. Since my last visit it is only reduced two inches, and is still a large body of clear water from the drainage of the adjacent country; it will last ...

— Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart • John McDouall Stuart

... said John. "When a man speaks to me I don't care who he is, or what he is, I hand it to him. I, Jean Castel, as you see by the name on the passport, ...

— The Hosts of the Air • Joseph A. Altsheler

... man like that never does complain. Besides, he took great care of himself. When he came back to London he was fairly well. I think he must have done something rash to bring on a recurrence of his illness. Within a few days of his arrival he grew sick again. In some way he ...

— The Secret Passage • Fergus Hume

... little poverty and what there is is obviously the result of vice or improvidence. Our labor is light and all the necessaries of life, many of the comforts and some of the luxuries are abundant and cheap. I hardly know what you mean by the tyranny of the trusts; they do not seem to care to be tyrannous, for each having the entire market for what it produces, its prosperity is assured and there is none of the strife and competition which, as I can imagine, might breed hardness and cruelty. Moreover, we should not let them ...

— The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce • Ambrose Bierce

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