care

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: attentionaidtendingcautionprecautionforethoughtconcernfearchargetutelageguardianshipmaintenance

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something“no medical care was required”“the old car needs constant attention”Synonyms: attentionaidtending
  2. judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger“he exercised caution in opening the door”“he handled the vase with care”Synonyms: cautionprecautionforethought
  3. an anxious feeling“care had aged him”“they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction”Synonyms: concernfear
  4. a cause for feeling concern“his major care was the illness of his wife”
  5. attention and management implying responsibility for safety“he is in the care of a bodyguard”Synonyms: chargetutelageguardianship
  6. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order“he wrote the manual on car care”Synonyms: maintenanceupkeep

Verb (5)

  1. feel concern or interest“I really care about my work”“I don't care”
  2. provide care for“The nurse was caring for the wounded”Synonyms: give care
  3. prefer or wish to do something“Do you care to try this dish?”“Would you like to come along to the movies?”Synonyms: wishlike
  4. 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”Synonyms: managedealhandle
  5. be concerned with“I worry about my grades”Synonyms: worry
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Care \Care\ (k[^a]r), n. [AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara sorrow, Goth. kara, OHG chara, lament, and perh. to Gr. gh^rys voice. Not akin to cure. Cf. Chary.]

1.A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude. [1913 Webster]

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity. [1913 Webster]

The care of all the churches.— 2 Cor. xi. 28.[1913 Webster]
Him thy care must be to find.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Perplexed with a thousand cares.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care. [1913 Webster]

I thank thee for thy care and honest pains.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.The object of watchful attention or anxiety. [1913 Webster]

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 degree. 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, anxious to avoid an evil. [1913 Webster]

Care \Care\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cared; p. pr. & vb. n. Caring.] [AS. cearian. See Care, n.] To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure. [1913 Webster]

I would not care a pin, if the other three were in. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Master, carest thou not that we perish? --Mark. iv. 38. [1913 Webster]

To care for. (a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of. (b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love. [1913 Webster]

He cared not for the affection of the house.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
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