care meaning

Verb: care  kehr

1. Feel concern or interest
   "I really care about my work"; "I don't care" 
2. Provide care for
   "The nurse was caring for the wounded"
   - give care 
3. Prefer or wish to do something
   "Do you care to try this dish?"
   - wish, like 
4. Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
   - manage, deal, handle 
5. Be concerned with
   - worry

Noun: care  kehr

1. The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
   "no medical care was required"
   - attention, aid, tending 
2. Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
   "he handled the vase with care"
   - caution, precaution, forethought 
3. An anxious feeling
   "care had aged him"
   - concern, fear 
4. A cause for feeling concern
   "his major care was the illness of his wife" 
5. Attention and management implying responsibility for safety
   "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
   - charge, tutelage, guardianship 
6. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
   "he wrote the manual on car care"
   - maintenance, upkeep

Derived forms: cares, caring, cared

See also: care for, caring

Type of: aid, anxiety, assist, command, compassionate, condole with, control, desire, feel for, fix, fixing, fixture, help, judiciousness, mend, mending, mind, pity, plight, predicament, protection, quandary, repair, reparation, sympathize with, want, work

Encyclopedia: Care

[Business]
AmE / noun [U]

CUSTOMER CARE, DAY CARE, HEALTH CARE, PERSONAL CARE

the process of caring for sb and providing what they need, for example for their health or protection:

a contract to provide employee care services

IDIOMS

care and maintenance (abbr c & m)

(Manufacturing )

a situation in which a building, mine, machine, etc. that is no longer in use, is kept in good condition so that it can be used again in the future:

The mine was closed and placed under care and maintenance.

The plant will be kept on a care and maintenance basis for 30 years.

care of sb (AmE also in care of sb) (abbr c/o)

used when writing to sb at another person's address:

Write to him care of his lawyer.

[Defence]
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CAREUSA)

[Medicine]
n : responsibility for or attention to health, well-being, and safety —see ACUTE CARE, HEALTH CARE, INTENSIVE CARE, PRIMARY CARE, TERTIARY CARE — care vi cared; car·ing

• care for:    Verb: care for&nbs ...
• care of:    Preposition: care ...
• in care:    1. (of a child) in ...

Examples

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1. since i am not crazy, i do not care.
2. would you care to come for a walk with me?
3. i do not care a sod for what people think.
4. installations you might care to visit?
5. take care not to spill a drop of the medicine.