Hyphenation of nurtures

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word nurtures? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

nur-tures

Definitions of nurtures:

1.	The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
2.	Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community They debated whether nature or nurture was more important
3.	Help develop, help grow Nurture his talents
4.	Bring up Raise a family Bring up children
5.	Provide with nourishment We sustained ourselves on bread and water This kind of food is not nourishing for young children

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.