Usually means: Valuing deeply with love, care.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word cherishing:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. cherishing: Merriam-Webster
  2. cherishing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cherishing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Cherishing, cherishing: Wordnik
  5. cherishing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cherishing: Wiktionary
  7. cherishing: Dictionary.com
  8. cherishing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. cherishing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. cherishing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cherishing: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cherishing)

▸ noun:  The act by which somebody or something is cherished.

Similar:
care for, treasure, hold dear, cherishment, savoring, petting, savouring, precious, relish, endearedness, more...

Opposite:
disregard, disdain, disrespect, abhorrence, dislike

Types:
adoring, loving, caring, valuing, treasuring, appreciating, more...

Phrases:
not cherishing something, more...

Adjectives:
worth, self, much, own, long, careful, enlightened, better, mutual, special, vehement



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Similar:
care for, treasure, hold dear, cherishment, savoring, petting, savouring, precious, relish, endearedness, more...

Opposite:
disregard, disdain, disrespect, abhorrence, dislike

Types:
adoring, loving, caring, valuing, treasuring, appreciating, more...

Phrases:
not cherishing something, more...

Adjectives:
worth, self, much, own, long, careful, enlightened, better, mutual, special, vehement



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