To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
To drink slowly, to make it last.
To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
To foster, to nourish.
To manage with care and economy.
To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
To treat kindly and with extra care.
To hold closely to one's chest
To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
A nurse shark or dogfish.