cherish
verb /ˈtʃerɪʃ/
/ˈtʃerɪʃ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cherish | /ˈtʃerɪʃ/ /ˈtʃerɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it cherishes | /ˈtʃerɪʃɪz/ /ˈtʃerɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple cherished | /ˈtʃerɪʃt/ /ˈtʃerɪʃt/ |
| past participle cherished | /ˈtʃerɪʃt/ /ˈtʃerɪʃt/ |
| -ing form cherishing | /ˈtʃerɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈtʃerɪʃɪŋ/ |
- cherish somebody/something to love somebody/something very much and want to protect them or it
- Children need to be cherished.
- her most cherished possession
- cherish something to keep an idea, a hope or a pleasant feeling in your mind for a long time
- Cherish the memory of those days in Paris.
- He cherishes the hope that one day they will meet again.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘treat with affection’): from Old French cheriss-, lengthened stem of cherir, from cher ‘dear’, from Latin carus.