Past tense of nurture
regular verb
The past tense of nurture is nurtured. The past participle is also nurtured.
Forms of nurture
| Base form (V1) | nurture /ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | nurtured |
| Past participle (V3) | nurtured |
| Present participle | nurturing |
| Third person singular | nurtures |
Nurtured in a sentence
- Social understanding and equality can neither be nurtured through fear, nor intimidation.2010 February 6, “We don't need gay stereotypes”, in The Guardian. From the entry persuasion
- “Pati doesn’t know what a graveful of maggots he has nurtured here.1996, Felicity Savage, “Delta City”, in Garden of Salt; Humility Garden; Delta City, GuildAmerica Books, →ISBN, page 499. From the entry graveful
- New York nurtured and preened the most sophisticated audiences in the nation.1992, Philip H. Ennis, The Seventh Stream: The Emergence of Rocknroll in American Popular Music, page 39. From the entry preen
- I weeded and watered all while being nurtured myself.2021, Willa Reece, Wildwood Whispers, unnumbered page. From the entry cottagecore
- Such quotes illustrate what I believe has become a historically nurtured and culturally damaging phenomenon: ephebiphobia—the fear of youth.2009 March 17, Tanya Byron, “‘We see children as pestilent’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry ephebiphobia
Meaning of nurture
- noun The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care.
- noun That which nourishes; food; diet.
- noun The environmental influences that contribute to a person’s development (as opposed to "nature").
Questions about the past tense of nurture
- What is the past tense of nurture?
- The past tense of nurture is nurtured.
- What is the past participle of nurture?
- The past participle of nurture is nurtured.
- Is nurture a regular or irregular verb?
- Nurture is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nurture (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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