care for

Verb
  1. Have a liking, fondness, or taste (for) (synset 201832565)
    is a type of: like - find enjoyable or agreeable
  2. Be fond of;
    Be attached to (synset 201780135)
    is a type of: love - have a great affection or liking for
    subtypes: yearn - have affection for; feel tenderness for
    same as: cherish, hold dear, treasure
  3. Provide treatment for (synset 200078513)
    "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
    subtypes:
    • hyperventilate - produce hyperventilation in
    • massage - give a massage to
    • purge - excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
    • correct - treat a defect
    • insufflate - treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity
    • detox, detoxify - treat for alcohol or drug dependence
    • irrigate - supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
    • iodise, iodize - treat with iodine so as to prevent infection
    • doctor - give medical treatment to
    • vet - provide (a person) with medical care
    • nurse - try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
    • manipulate - treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
    • administer, dispense - give or apply (medications)
    • relieve, remedy - provide relief for
    • dress - apply a bandage or medication to
    • splint - support with a splint
    • operate, operate on - perform surgery on
    • medicate, medicine - treat medicinally, treat with medicine
    • bleed, leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize - draw blood
    • cup, transfuse - treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
    • shock - subject to electrical shocks
    • pack - treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
    • burn, cauterise, cauterize - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
    • analyse, analyze, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze - subject to psychoanalytic treatment
    same as: treat

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