care for

/kɛr fɔr/

/kɛ fɔ/

Other forms: cared for; caring for; cares for

Definitions of care for

1. verb

   be fond of; be attached to
   synonyms: cherish, hold dear, treasure

   types:

   yearn

   have affection for; feel tenderness for

   type of:

   love

   have a great affection or liking for
2. verb

   have a liking, fondness, or taste (for)
   type of:

   like

   find enjoyable or agreeable
3. verb

   provide treatment for
   synonyms: treat

   types:

   hyperventilate

   produce hyperventilation in

   massage

   give a massage to

   purge

   excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)

   correct

   treat a defect

   insufflate

   treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity

   detox, detoxify

   treat for alcohol or drug dependence

   irrigate

   supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting

   iodise, iodize

   treat with iodine so as to prevent infection

   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

   manipulate

   treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposes

   administer, dispense

   give or apply (medications)

   relieve, remedy

   provide relief for

   dress

   apply a bandage or medication to

   splint

   support with a splint

   operate, operate on

   perform surgery on

   medicate, medicine

   treat medicinally, treat with medicine

   bleed, leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize

   draw blood

   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

   burn, cauterise, cauterize

   burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

   analyse, analyze, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze

   subject to psychoanalytic treatment

   desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex

   make infertile

   face-lift, lift

   perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

   trephine

   operate on with a trephine

   vet

   provide veterinary care for

   transfuse

   give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to

   digitalize

   administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects

   plaster, poultice

   dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

   bandage

   dress by covering or binding

   venesect

   practice venesection

   dose, drug

   administer a drug to

   salve

   apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

   inject, shoot

   give an injection to

   galvanise, galvanize

   stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock

   give

   give (as medicine)