A Topical Dictionary: Search for care

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Care \Care\ (k[^a]r), n. [AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara
sorrow, Goth. kara, OHG chara, lament, and perh. to Gr.
gh^rys voice. Not akin to cure. Cf. Chary.]
1. A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by
onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. --Shak.
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2. Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility
for safety and prosperity.
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The care of all the churches. --2 Cor. xi.
28.
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Him thy care must be to find. --Milton.
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Perplexed with a thousand cares. --Shak.
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3. Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness;
watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.
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I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. --Shak.
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4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
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Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares.
--Spenser.

Syn: Anxiety; solicitude; concern; caution; regard;
management; direction; oversight. -- Care, Anxiety,
Solicitude, Concern. These words express mental pain
in different degress. Care belongs primarily to the
intellect, and becomes painful from overburdened
thought. Anxiety denotes a state of distressing
uneasiness fron the dread of evil. Solicitude expresses
the same feeling in a diminished degree. Concern is
opposed to indifference, and implies exercise of anxious
thought more or less intense. We are careful about the
means, solicitous and anxious about the end; we are
solicitous to obtain a good, anxious to avoid an evil.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Care \Care\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cared; p. pr. & vb. n.
Caring.] [AS. cearian. See Care, n.]
To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard
or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of
measure.
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I would not care a pin, if the other three were in.
--Shak.
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Master, carest thou not that we perish? --Mark. iv.
38.
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To care for.
(a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of.
(b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love.
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He cared not for the affection of the house.
--Tennyson.
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WordNet care
n 1: the work of caring for or attending to someone or something;
"no medical care was required"; "the old car needed
constant attention" [syn: attention, aid, tending]
2: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised
caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with
care" [syn: caution, precaution, forethought]
3: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up
out of fear of public reaction" [syn: concern, fear]
4: a cause for feeling concern; "his major care was the illness
of his wife"
5: attention and management implying responsibility for safety;
"he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: charge, tutelage,
guardianship]
6: activity involved in maintaining something in good working
order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: maintenance,
upkeep]
v 1: feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I
don't care"
2: provide care for; "The nurse was caring for the wounded"
[syn: give care]
3: prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this
dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?"
[syn: wish, like]
4: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with
this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts";
"She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
[syn: manage, deal, handle]
5: be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" [syn: worry]

Moby Dictionary
TLC , abetment , accordance , accountability , acquittal , acquittance ,
adherence , administration , adverse circumstances , adversity ,
advertence , advertency , advocacy , aegis , affliction , agency ,
agentship , aggravation , agitation , agony , alarm , alertness ,
all-overs , angst , anguish , annoyance , anticipation , anxiety ,
anxiety hysteria , anxiety neurosis , anxious bench , anxious concern ,
anxious seat , anxiousness , apprehension , apprehensiveness ,
assiduity , assiduousness , assignment , attend to , attention ,
attention span , attentiveness , auspices , austerity ,
austerity program , authority , authorization , awareness , backing ,
be affected , be concerned , be fond of , be in tune , be inspired ,
be involved , be moved , be responsible for , bitter cup ,
bitter draft , bitter draught , bitter pill , blight , bossing , bread ,
brevet , bummer , burden , burden of care , calculation ,
cankerworm of care , canniness , care about , care for ,
careful consideration , carefulness , carking care , carrying out ,
catch the flame , catch the infection , caution , cautiousness ,
championship , change color , charge , chariness , charity ,
circumspection , circumspectness , color with emotion , commission ,
commissioning , commitment , compliance , concentration , concern ,
concernment , conduct , conformance , conformity , consciousness ,
consider , consideration , consignment , consternation , control ,
countenance , cross , crown of thorns , cure , curiosity , curse ,
custodianship , custody , daily bread , delegated authority ,
delegation , deliberate stages , deliberateness , deliberation ,
deputation , devolution , devolvement , difficulties , difficulty , dig ,
diligence , direction , discharge , discretion , dismay , disquiet ,
disquietude , distress , disturbance , dole , dolor , downer , dread ,
ear , earnestness , echo , economic planning , economic support ,
economicalness , economy , economy of means , effort , embassy ,
empathize with , empowerment , encouragement , encumbrance , endowment ,
enthusiasm , entrusting , entrustment , errand , execution ,
executorship , exequatur , exertion , eye , factorship , false economy ,
fancy , favor , fear , foreboding , forebodingness , forehandedness ,
forethought , fosterage , fret , frugality , frugalness , fulfillment ,
full power , gall , gall and wormwood , gingerliness , good management ,
goodwill , governance , government , grief , grievance , guardedness ,
guardianship , guarding , guidance , handling , hands , hard knocks ,
hard life , hard lot , hardcase , hardship , heartache , heartbreak ,
heartfelt grief , heartgrief , hedge , hedging , heed , heedfulness ,
heeding , hesitation , hold , husbandry , identify with , infliction ,
inquietude , intendance , intentiveness , intentness , interest ,
irritation , judiciousness , jurisdiction , keep , keeping ,
lamentation , languishment , legation , license , lieutenancy , like ,
livelihood , living , load , look after , love , loving care ,
maintenance , malaise , management , manna , means of dealing , meat ,
meticulousness , mind , mindfulness , ministry , misery , misgiving ,
mission , mothering , nervous strain , nervous tension , nervousness ,
note , notice , nourishment , nurse , nurture , observance , observation ,
office , oppression , overanxiety , oversight , pack of troubles ,
pains , parsimoniousness , parsimony , pastorage , pastorate ,
pastorship , patronage , pawkiness , pay attention , peck of troubles ,
performance , perturbation , pining , pins and needles ,
plenipotentiary power , plight , power of attorney , power to act ,
practice , predicament , preparedness , pressure , preventive custody ,
price support , prior consultation , procuration , prostration ,
protect , protection , protective custody , protectorship ,
provide for , providence , provision , proxy , prudence ,
prudential administration , prudentialness , pucker , punctiliousness ,
purview , react , reck , regard , regardfulness , regency , regentship ,
regret , relate to emotionally , remark , respect , respond ,
responsibility , rigor , rue , running , sadness , safe hands ,
safekeeping , safeness , safety first , satisfaction , sea of troubles ,
seconding , share , slowness to act , solicitude , sorrow , sorrowing ,
sparingness , sponsorship , stew , stewardship , strain , stress ,
stress of life , subsidization , subsidy , subsistence , subvention ,
suffering , superintendence , superintendency , supervision , support ,
surveillance , suspense , sustainment , sustenance , sustentation ,
sympathize with , sympathy , take an interest , take care of ,
take charge of , task , tend , tender loving care , tension ,
tentativeness , think , thorn , thoroughness , thought , thoughtfulness ,
thrift , thriftiness , tight purse strings , treatment , trial ,
tribulation , trouble , troubles , trust , trusteeship , tutelage ,
uncommunicativeness , unease , uneasiness , unprecipitateness ,
unquietness , unwastefulness , upkeep , upset , usage , vale of tears ,
vexation , vicarious authority , vicissitude , vigilance , ward ,
wardenship , wardship , warrant , watch and ward , watch over ,
watchfulness , waters of bitterness , weight , wing , woe , worry ,
zeal

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