cherish

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To love and care about someone or something very much.

   I will always cherish the memories of our trip together.

2. 2
   verb

   To care for someone or something tenderly and protect them.

   They cherished their newborn baby and barely let her out of their sight.

Common collocations

• cherish a moment Verb + noun

From Middle English charish, cherishen (“to have affection for, hold dear, treat kindly; to esteem, respect; to cherish; to take care of; to greet; to entertain, treat hospitably; to cheer; to encourage, incite”), from Old French cheriss-, chieriss-, extended stem of cherir, chierir (“to cherish”) (modern French chérir (“to cherish”)), from cher, chier (“dear, dearest”) (from Latin cārus (“beloved, dear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”)) + -ir (suffix forming infinitives of second conjugation verbs).

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