Usually means: Hold dear, value highly, love.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. cherish: Merriam-Webster
  2. cherish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cherish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cherish: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cherish: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cherish, cherish: Wordnik
  7. cherish: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Cherish, cherish: Wiktionary
  9. cherish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cherish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cherish: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cherish, cherish: Dictionary.com
  13. cherish: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cherish: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cherish (David Cassidy album), Cherish (Kool & the Gang song), Cherish (Madonna song), Cherish (The Association song), Cherish (album), Cherish (band), Cherish (film), Cherish (group), Cherish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Cherish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. cherish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. cherish: Rhymezone
  19. cherish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. cherish: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. cherish: FreeDictionary.org
  22. cherish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Cherish: The Word Detective
  24. cherish: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. cherish: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. cherish: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cherish (song), cherish: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cherish: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cherish: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cherish)

▸ verb:  To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.
▸ verb:  To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To cheer, to gladden.
▸ noun:  A female given name.

Similar:
care for, treasure, hold dear, nourish, foster, coddle, cultivate, baby, mother, keep, more...

Opposite:
abhor, despise, loathe

Types:
value, treasure, prize, appreciate, more...

Phrases:
Murder of Cherish Perrywinkle, Cherish the Day, cherish greatly, opposite of cherish, cherish it, more...

Adjectives:
most, french, noblest, vulgar, conformable, time, japanese, secret, ignorant, gentle, european

Colors:
    rose,     blush,     lavender,     peach,     coral, more...


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Similar:
care for, treasure, hold dear, nourish, foster, coddle, cultivate, baby, mother, keep, more...

Opposite:
abhor, despise, loathe

Types:
value, treasure, prize, appreciate, more...

Phrases:
Murder of Cherish Perrywinkle, Cherish the Day, cherish greatly, opposite of cherish, cherish it, cherish pray rejoice, cherish love honor, opposite of opposite of cherish, cherish a, cherish pray bless, more...

Adjectives:
most, french, noblest, vulgar, conformable, time, japanese, secret, ignorant, gentle, european

Colors:
    rose,     blush,     lavender,     peach,     coral, more...



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