Hyphenation of nurture

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word nurture? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

nur-ture

Definitions of nurture:

1.	The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
2.	Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community They debated whether nature or nurture was more important
3.	Help develop, help grow Nurture his talents
4.	Bring up Raise a family Bring up children
5.	Provide with nourishment We sustained ourselves on bread and water This kind of food is not nourishing for young children

Synonyms of nurture:

noun	raising, rearing, upbringing
noun	breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, raising, rearing, upbringing, socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
verb	foster, encourage
verb	rear, raise, bring up, parent
verb	nourish, sustain, provide, supply, ply, cater

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.