| care for | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. care for | have a liking, fondness, or taste (for). |
| ~ like | find enjoyable or agreeable.; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure | be fond of; be attached to. |
| ~ love | have a great affection or liking for.; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" |
| ~ yearn | have affection for; feel tenderness for. |
| v. (body) | 3. care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| ~ hyperventilate | produce hyperventilation in.; "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient" |
| ~ massage | give a massage to.; "She massaged his sore back" |
| ~ purge | excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body).; "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged" |
| ~ correct | treat a defect.; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" |
| ~ insufflate | treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity. |
| ~ detox, detoxify | treat for alcohol or drug dependence.; "He was detoxified in the clinic" |
| ~ irrigate | supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting.; "irrigate the wound" |
| ~ iodise, iodize | treat with iodine so as to prevent infection.; "iodize a wound" |
| ~ doctor | give medical treatment to. |
| ~ vet | provide (a person) with medical care. |
| ~ nurse | try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury.; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs" |
| ~ manipulate | treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed. |
| ~ dispense, administer | give or apply (medications). |
| ~ remedy, relieve | provide relief for.; "remedy his illness" |
| ~ dress | apply a bandage or medication to.; "dress the victim's wounds" |
| ~ splint | support with a splint.; "splint a broken finger" |
| ~ operate on, operate | perform surgery on.; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" |
| ~ medicine, medicate | treat medicinally, treat with medicine. |
| ~ leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, bleed | draw blood.; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" |
| ~ cup, transfuse | treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin. |
| ~ shock | subject to electrical shocks. |
| ~ pack | treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood.; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice" |
| ~ cauterise, cauterize, burn | burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent.; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" |
| ~ psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze, analyse, analyze | subject to psychoanalytic treatment.; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" |
| harmony | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. harmoniousness, harmony | compatibility in opinion and action. |
| ~ compatibility | capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination. |
| ~ congruence, congruity, congruousness | the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate. |
| n. (communication) | 2. harmony, musical harmony | the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ harmonisation, harmonization | a piece of harmonized music. |
| ~ four-part harmony | harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines. |
| ~ preparation | (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord.; "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance" |
| ~ resolution | (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord. |
| n. (state) | 3. concord, concordance, harmony | a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole. |
| ~ order | established customary state (especially of society).; "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" |
| ~ peace | harmonious relations; freedom from disputes.; "the roommates lived in peace together" |
| ~ comity | a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect. |
| ~ accord, agreement | harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.; "the two parties were in agreement" |
| n. (communication) | 4. concord, concordance, harmony | agreement of opinions. |
| ~ agreement | the verbal act of agreeing. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. harmony | an agreeable sound property. |
| ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. |
| ~ harmoniousness, consonance | the property of sounding harmonious. |
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