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# cherish

verb (cherishes, cherished, cherishing)

«cherish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To cherish someone or something is to love it and take great care of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherish/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a hero or a mother keeps a precious thing safe and treasures it; a dog is cherished and fed.

### Examples

- I will cherish this gift forever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherish/#x1)
- She cherishes her old teddy bear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherish/#x2)
- We cherish our good friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherish/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

To hold to something faithfully and look after it, here faithfulness.

**Interpretation.** The psalm teaches trust in God together with good deeds. Tradition reads it as saying that faith is shown by faithful action.

### Examples

- Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and cherish faithfulness. (Writings PSA.37.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cherish/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cherish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cherish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cherish.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cherish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cherish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cherish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cherish.html) on Mova free.