To nurse or cherish something.
To cultivate and grow something.
To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
Related by such care.
Receiving such care.
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
A foster parent.
The care given to another; guardianship.
To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
A period of rest or soothing.
A period without waves or wind.
An extended pause between sets of waves.
A period of reduced activity; a respite